CHICAGO (STNG/WBBM) -- A Thursday afternoon drug-related kidnapping that erupted into an early Friday police chase on the South Side ended when authorities captured one suspect in the northwestern suburbs. Three other suspects were arrested on the South Side.
The 25-year-old male kidnap victim has been located and was reported in good condition.
About 1:50 a.m. Friday, the FBI identified a black Ford pickup truck at an unidentified location in the Deering Police District and a pursuit ensued, police said. The pursuit reportedly started near South Ashland Avenue and West 35th Street, according to unconfirmed dispatch reports.
The dispatch reports indicated the suspect drove north on Ashland Avenue and entered the westbound Eisenhower Expressway (I-290). Officers terminated the pursuit about 2 a.m. near the Eisenhower’s Harlem Avenue exit, police said.
State Police were unable to locate the pickup after Chicago Police ended the pursuit. “By the time our guys were heading out there they lost sight of the vehicle near Harlem Avenue,” Illinois State Police District Chicago Master Sgt. Mike Karpinski said.
About 2:30 a.m., DuPage County Sheriff’s police stopped the pickup near Springbrook Shopping Center, on Lake Street (U.S. 20) near Bloomindale Road in Bloomingdale, Illinois State Police Elgin District Master Sgt. Bart Lamb said. DuPage County Sheriff’s police spokeswoman Dawn Domrose would only confirm the agency was assisting, and referred all inquiries to Chicago Police.
Karpinski said the motorist “cooperated and pulled over” once sheriff’s police were on his trail. No injuries were reported, authorities said.
Three other suspects were arrested at an unidentified time near South Ruble and West 21st Street, police said.
Police said the suspects were wanted in Chicago for an aggravated kidnapping, meaning the victim was taken by force.
The Bridgeport neighborhood drug-related kidnapping occurred about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 3700 block of South Union Avenue where the victim was taken out of his home, Chicago Police said. A ransom for him was later demanded.
Karpinski said early Friday that an undercover FBI agent in an unmarked car initially came across the pickup in Chicago and notified local police. Local police contacted State Police when the vehicle got on the Eisenhower.
Wentworth Area detectives are investigating with the assistance of outside agencies, police said. The suspects have not been charged as of 5:30 a.m.
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