Crime & Safety
Plainfield Blotter: Teen Charged with Fleeing Cops, Reckless Driving
Channahon police said a Plainfield youth was doing more than 20 mph over the limit while driving the wrong way on a one-way street.
Sept. 8
Emmanuel Chavira, 26, of the 24000 block of Champion Drive, Plainfield, was arrested by Will County Sheriff's police and booked into the Will County jail on charges of driving 15-20 mph over the limit, driving on a suspended license and driving an uninsured vehicle, police said.
Sarah Fairthorne, 21, of the 12000 block of Meadow Lane, Plainfield, was arrested by Will County Sheriff's police and booked into the county jail on charges of driving on a suspended license, driving 15-20 mph over the limit and driving an uninsured vehicle, police said.
James R. Watson, 20, of the 14000 block of Handford Court, Plainfield, was arrested by Plainfield police and booked into the Will County jail on charges of manufacture/delivery of more than 500 grams of cannabis and felony possession of narcotics, police said. Bond was set at $50,000.
Sept. 7
Anthony K. Koga, 17, of the 2200 block of Rossiter Parkway in unincorporated Plainfield was arrested by Channahon police and booked into the Will County jail on charges of aggravated fleeing, which is a felony, driving the wrong way on a one-way street, misdemeanor reckless driving, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and driving without a valid license, according to jail records. According to the Herald-News, Koga was pulled over after police noticed his vehicle, a 2001 Mercury Cougar, driving side-by-side with a silver SUV on southbound I-55. Believing that the drivers were either "horsing around" or involved in an altercation, police followed the vehicles as they got off on Route 6 before heading back north on I-55. When the Cougar made a U-turn at Route 59, police initiated a traffic stop — but instead of pulling over, Koga allegedly sped to the westbound I-80 ramp, where he lost control and crashed the car before "multiple subjects" fled the vehicle. Police located Koga later that morning at his Plainfield home, where he told officers he "freaked out and took off" because he didn't have a driver's license and is on parole. Click to read the full article.
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