Around 12:30pm on Sunday, March 4th, Galesburg Police observed a green Honda sedan with an attached registration for a KIA SUV. The sedan was parked in the 500 block of Arnold Street at a residence known for illegal narcotics activity. When officers returned to the residence, the sedan was gone. Officers then observed the vehicle in a driveway in the 500 block of Burgland Avenue. When police went to perform a traffic stop, the vehicle sped away committing numerous traffic offenses and reaching speeds of over 70 miles an hour on East Losey Street. The pursuit was terminated out of public safety. Around 4:30 that afternoon, GPD was notified by Knox County Sheriff’s Deputies the vehicle was located at Paradise Acres in Lake Bracken. The vehicle was unoccupied and the engine was still running. Deputies had a male and female in custody and a second male took off running when he spotted a Sheriff’s patrol vehicle. Inside the vehicle’s trunk, officers located numerous documents and identification records belonging to a 46-year old Galesburg man with a history of fleeing and eluding. The man is also on Mandatory Supervised Release by the Illinois Department of Corrections. He is wanted for questioning and the investigation is ongoing.
