WHEATON, Ill. (WGN) – A Cook County man has been denied pre-trial release after leading the Oak Brook and Aurora police departments on two separate high-speed chases early Wednesday morning.
The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office said at around 1:15 a.m. Wednesday, an Aurora police officer initiated a traffic stop on a 2001 black Toyota Highlander that reportedly ran two stop signs, one at Vaughn Road and Adams Way, and the other at Vaughn Road and McCoy Drive.
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After initially pulling over, the vehicle drove off as the officer approached.
The driver of the vehicle, identified as 21-year-old Armoni Flowers, then led the officer on a chase reaching speeds of nearly 80 mph in a 40 mph-zone on northbound Eola Road before ultimately getting on I-88 eastbound, according to investigators.
Authorities said just before 1:30 a.m., an Oak Brook police officer found the Highlander traveling approximately 75 mph at I-88 and Route 83. That officer reportedly activated his emergency lights to initiate a traffic stop, but Flowers then accelerated, reaching speeds of nearly 100 mph while traveling eastbound on I-88 near the I-294 overpass…