WILMETTE – Police were called to Walgreens in the 3200 block of Lake at 7:33 p.m. on Jan. 16 for a retail theft.
As the officer arrived he saw two men get in a car driven by a third individual. The car sped away and the officer was told by two Walgreens employees that the men were involved in the theft. The vehicle exited west bound Lake at a high rate of speed and another officer attempted to stop the vehicle with its lights and siren activated, police reports state.
The vehicle fled south bound on I-94. The vehicle was later found abandoned and determined to have been stolen out of Palatine.
From the Wilmette Police blotter.