Will County sheriff’s deputies launched a search for a suspect after a theft in progress along a railroad on Saturday morning and temporarily urged residents to stay indoors.
According to the Will County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 7:24 a.m., BNSF Police notified deputies of a possible theft at a railroad crossing at Lorenzo and Cottage roads in Wilmington Township. When deputies arrived, they found several people wearing ski masks inside a black van and gray SUV near the train tracks, authorities said.
Deputies tried to stop both vehicles, but the drivers fled northbound on Interstate 55. One vehicle was later located near Francis Road and Vine Street in New Lenox, where officers established a perimeter and took one suspect into custody, deputies said…