Overview
- Masked thieves stole computer equipment from a secured trailer at CDW in Vernon Hills around 1 a.m. Thursday and attacked a truck driver who tried to intervene.
- The group fled in three vehicles east on I-94 as Glencoe Public Safety officers gave chase onto the Kennedy Expressway, with video showing a minivan speeding past Division.
- A gray Chrysler Pacifica crashed in the 5400 block of South Wells Street in Chicago, and officers arrested the driver as a passenger ran off.
- Police recovered most of the stolen computer gear from the crashed minivan, with a preliminary value topping $100,000.
- Two other vehicles and more suspects remain unlocated, charges for the driver are pending, and Vernon Hills police are asking the public for tips.