Wanted Man Hides Under Deck with Kids to Evade Cops: Bolingbrook Police

A wanted Bolingbrook man caught smoking drugs in his car ran away from police before hiding under a deck with his two 3-year-old children, according to police. He was then found and arrested.

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Terrell Fanniel, 23, of the 800 block of Rebecca Lane, was seen smoking drugs in a black Range Rover around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of Larkspur Drive. 

When police arrived, the Range Rover drove away at "a high rate of speed." Police lost sight of the car, but quickly found it unoccupied and parked in the driveway of a residence on the 400 block of Monarch Lane.

After a search of the area, police found Fanniel hiding under the deck of a neighboring house with his two children, each about three years old. Fanniel was aware that he was wanted for multiple warrants, police said, and that's why he fled.

Fanniel was charged with the warrants, possession of cannabis, endangering the health or life of a child and multiple traffic citations. 

The children were turned over to family members. DCFS was also notified of the incident. The Range Rover was impounded. Officers seized about 30 grams of cannabis in six individual packages.

Fanniel was processed and transported to the Will County Adult Detention Facility.