Two charged with stealing a car, fleeing police in Oak Brook

Two men are in custody after police say they stole a car then ran after being pulled over early Friday morning.

According to a press release, Oak Brook police responded to a delayed suspicious incident report from around 3 a.m. Friday, Jan. 31, at York Woods subdivision.

While en route, the officers found a dark-colored Nissan Rogue with Indiana registration and a Hyundai Sonata with Illinois registration, both of which later turned out to be stolen.

Police turned on their lights and pursued the two vehicles onto eastbound 22nd Street into Westchester, at which point the two occupants in the Sonata got out of the car and ran. They were taken into custody after a short chase with help from Westchester police officers.

The Sonata was determined to have been stolen from the 100 block of Sheffield Lane in Oak Brook, while the Rogue had been stolen the night before in Hammond, Indiana.

Xavier E. Walker, 19, of Hammond, was charged with felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle, felony possession of burglary tools and fleeing and eluding a police officer.

A 17-year-old juvenile from Chicago was charged with felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle and taken to the Kane County Juvenile Detention Center.

During the investigation, detectives learned that the offenders entered several vehicles and mailboxes in Oak Brook with the intention of taking items of value.

Chicago police later notified Oak Brook police that the two male occupants of the Nissan Rogue attempted an armed robbery in Chicago.

The two men tried to rob a Chicago sanitation service employee at gunpoint at about 5 a.m. The sanitation worker, who had a concealed carry license, shot both offenders, killing one. The second was taken to the hospital in critical condition.