A Schiller Park was charged after allegedly pointing a gun at a man at a gas station near Bensenville and leading police on a high-speed chase.
A Schiller Park was charged after allegedly pointing a gun at a man at a gas station near Bensenville before leading police on a high-speed chase.Carlos Rivera, 44, was arrested Friday night following a police chase that began in Bensenville and ended in Chicago . According to authorities, Rivera refused to pull over for a traffic stop after allegedly threatening someone with a weapon at a gas station.
The chase, which reached speeds of approximately 88 mph, involved several traffic violations, including running red lights and driving on the wrong side of the road. Rivera was eventually taken into custody after abandoning his vehicle in an alley in Chicago's O'Hare neighborhood and running from police. He also threw an Airsoft gun out of the window of his vehicle on eastbound I-90 near the I-294 exit, according to prosecutors.
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