Duo On Pretrial Release Allegedly Lead Police On High-speed Chase After Retail Theft

Two Chicago women allegedly led constabulary connected a high-speed pursuit aft stealing apparel from a unit shop while connected pretrial merchandise for theft-related charges, according to authorities.

The DuPage County States Attorney’s Office said 38-year-old Shawanda Outlaw and 27-year-old Destiny Jackson person been charged pinch azygous counts of burglary and unit theft, arsenic good arsenic 2 counts of aggravated fleeing and eluding a constabulary officer.

The Oak Brook Police Department responded to a study of a burglary/retail theft astatine 12:30 p.m. Monday, to reappraisal footage of nan theft.

Responding officers said pinch nan nonaccomplishment prevention serviceman and reviewed information footage, and it is alleged that Jackson and Outlaw entered nan store, picked retired 18 items of clothing worthy $1,674, and went to nan fitting room.

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Destiny Jackson is accused of starring constabulary connected a high-speed pursuit successful Chicago, aft allegedly stealing merchandise from a shop connected Monday. (DuPage County State's Attorney's Office)

Once successful nan fitting room, nan brace allegedly put nan clothing connected their bodies successful layers and near nan shop without paying for nan merchandise, nan state’s attorney’s agency said.

Later that day, an serviceman pinch nan Oak Brook Police Department spotted Jackson and Outlaw successful a bluish Nissan and activated nan emergency lights and sirens to behaviour a postulation stop.

But alternatively of pulling over, nan driver, later identified arsenic Jackson, allegedly drove disconnected astatine a precocious complaint of speed.

Jackson allegedly led constabulary connected a high-speed chase, swerving successful and retired of postulation while besides utilizing nan enarthrosis to walk vehicles connected aggregate occasions. She is besides accused of driving into oncoming postulation adjacent a infirmary to debar slower-moving vehicles.

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Shawanda Outlaw is accused of starring constabulary connected a high-speed pursuit successful Chicago, aft allegedly stealing merchandise from a shop connected Monday. (DuPage County State's Attorney's Office)

Police reported that nan serviceman reached speeds of up to 82 mph, though she was not capable to summation crushed connected nan Nissan. Jackson yet drove onto Interstate 290, wherever her conveyance was boxed successful pinch assistance from nan Chicago Police Department.

Police besides allege that nan 2 suspects threw merchandise from nan shop retired of nan windows while fleeing police.

Jackson and Outlaw were yet arrested astatine nan scene.

The authorities attorney’s agency said Outlaw appeared successful tribunal Monday morning, and during nan proceeding nan tribunal denied a petition to detain nan fishy pretrial.

But pursuing nan hearing, nan authorities revenge further motions to revoke Outlaw’s pretrial merchandise because of pending cases alleging she stole merchandise from 2 different stores connected 3 abstracted occasions. Judge Daniel Guerin and Judge Mia McPherson granted nan motions.

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Two women were held successful pretrial detention aft allegedly committing aggregate unit thefts successful Chicago. (iStock)

Jackson is presently connected parole for aggravated artillery to a constabulary serviceman and unit theft from 2023, yet she was connected pre-trial merchandise successful Will County for different unit theft case.

During Jackson’s pretrial proceeding connected Monday afternoon, Judge Joshua Dieden granted nan state’s petition for pretrial detention.

 Jackson is scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Aug. 11, while Outlaw is scheduled to look Aug. 26.

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin accused Outlaw and Jackson of thumbing their noses astatine nan criminal justness strategy and allegedly committing different crime while connected pre-trial release.

"To further aggravate nan matter, it is besides alleged that successful an effort to debar apprehension, nan 2 defendants led authorities connected a high-speed pursuit successful nan mediate of nan day, endangering nan constabulary officers involved, different motorists, pedestrians and shoppers on nan way," Berlin said. "In DuPage County we person zero tolerance for nan type of behaviour alleged successful this case. The caller charges against these women, who were some antecedently granted pretrial release, illustrates nan request for changes to nan State’s Safe-T-Act to springiness judges much discretion astatine First Appearance Court. 

"Too often, we are seeing repetition offenders released pre-trial because nan Act does not let judges to usage their discretion for definite offenses."

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The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today (SAFE-T) Act, which took effect connected Jan. 1, 2023, overhauled Illinois' justness system pinch provisions that granted much freedoms to defendants and reduced definite felonies to misdemeanors. It besides lowered nan severity of immoderate misdemeanors, for illustration trespassing, and eliminated rate bail crossed nan state.

The SAFE-T Act’s most arguable provision, abolishing rate bail, was delayed owed to ineligible challenges complete its constitutionality, but nan Illinois Supreme Court yet ruled successful favour of nan reform. 

It took effect Sept. 18, 2023, making Illinois nan first authorities to afloat destruct rate bail.