Two arrested on charges of motor vehicle theft in Oak Brook

Two men are in custody after Oak Brook police say they stole a car and fled on foot after being pulled over early Friday morning.

Oak Brook police responded to a delayed suspicious incident report on Friday, Jan. 31, at about 3 a.m. to the York Woods subdivision, according to a news release.

While en route, the officers located 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 exited the vehicle and ran. They were arrested after a foot pursuit with the help of officers from the Westchester Police Department.

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, Indiana, 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.

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