Cicero man charged after high-speed chase throughout DuPage County

A 31-year-old Cicero man was denied pretrial release Saturday in connection with a road rage incident and police chase throughout DuPage County Friday night.

Jose Gutierrez appeared in court Saturday morning after being charged with two counts of aggravated fleeing and eluding a police officer, one count of aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon, and multiple misdemeanor offenses.

Naperville police responded to the road rage incident near Naper Boulevard and Plank Road, where they say Gutierrez pointed a handgun at another driver.

An officer pulled Gutierrez over at 8:49 p.m. Friday, and while he initially came to a stop and placed his hands outside the driver’s side window as ordered by police, he then fled, according to the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office.

A high-speed chase ensued northbound on Naper Boulevard, then onto eastbound Interstate 88, northbound I-355, northbound Finley Road and eastbound Roosevelt Road. At one point on the tollway, speeds approached 100 mph, authorities said.

The driver went over two stop sticks — on Naper Boulevard and later on Roosevelt Road — and he was driving upward of 90 mph on the vehicle’s rims while swerving into the westbound lanes of Roosevelt, prosecutors said.

The car came to a stop in the far left eastbound lane of Roosevelt in Villa Park, and Gutierrez ran away but officers soon caught up to him, authorities said.

Police recovered a loaded .22-caliber handgun from the scene of the initial traffic stop and ammunition from the vehicle.

Gutierrez is due back in court Monday.