Four men charged in South Side drug-related kidnapping
A Thursday afternoon drug-related kidnapping that erupted into an early Friday police chase on the South Side has ended in the arrests of four men Saturday morning.
Donald W. Hines, 39, of the 500 block of West Wingpointe Drive in Aurora; Curtis A. Sanders, 34, of the 100 block of East 113th Street; Jeffrey J. Hollinghead, 43, of the 3400 block of North Barbarray in Round Lake; and Kevin A. Koonce, 25, of the 400 block of North Beverly in Villa Park were all charged with kidnapping with a firearm and home invasion with a firearm at 3:38 a.m., according to a press release from police News Affairs
One of the men was apprehended Friday in the northwest suburbs, while the other three were captured on the South Side.
About 1:50 a.m. Friday, the FBI identified a black Ford pickup truck at an unidentified location in the Deering Police District and a pursuit ensued, police said. The pursuit reportedly started near South Ashland Avenue and West 35th Street, according to unconfirmed dispatch reports.
The dispatch reports indicated the suspect drove north on Ashland Avenue and entered the westbound Eisenhower Expressway (I-290). Officers terminated the pursuit about 2 a.m. near the Eisenhower’s Harlem Avenue exit, police said.
State Police were unable to locate the pickup after Chicago Police ended the pursuit. “By the time our guys were heading out there they lost sight of the vehicle near Harlem Avenue,” Illinois State Police District Chicago Master Sgt. Mike Karpinski said.
About 2:30 a.m., DuPage County Sheriff’s police stopped the pickup near Springbrook Shopping Center, on Lake Street (U.S. 20) near Bloomingdale Road in west suburban Bloomingdale, Elgin District State Police Master Sgt. Bart Lamb said. DuPage County Sheriff’s police spokeswoman Dawn Domrose would only confirm the agency was assisting, and referred all inquiries to Chicago Police.
Karpinski said the motorist “cooperated and pulled over” once sheriff’s police were on his trail. No injuries were reported, authorities said.
Three other suspects were arrested at an unidentified time near South Ruble and West 21st Street, police said.
Police said the suspects were wanted in Chicago for an aggravated kidnapping, meaning the victim was taken by force.
The Bridgeport neighborhood drug-related kidnapping occurred about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 3700 block of South Union Avenue where the victim was taken out of his home, Chicago Police said. A ransom for him was later demanded.
Karpinski said early Friday that an undercover FBI agent in an unmarked car initially came across the pickup in Chicago and notified local police. Local police contacted State Police when the vehicle got on the Eisenhower.
All four men are scheduled to appear in Central Bond Court, 2600 South California Ave., later Saturday.