Kane County Man Fled Cops In Stolen Car, Lied About Identity: Police

MAPLE PARK, IL — A Kane County man faces criminal charges after being found in possession of a stolen vehicle out of Colorado and then lying about his identity to police, authorities said on Thursday night.

Carlos Diaz, whom police said has addresses in Montgomery and Aurora, was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle and obstructing identification after he was taken into custody on Thursday morning, according to the Kane County Sheriff’s Office.

Diaz was arrested after Kane County deputies were told to be on the lookout for a vehicle that had fled after being pulled over by Sycamore Police on Thursday morning, police said. Police were given a description of a red Hyundai, which they were able to track down at a property in Maple Park that backed up to a wooded area.

Police said that the license plates had been taken off the vehicle but that when police ran the vehicle identification number, it came back as being stolen out of Colorado, police said. Police, working with K-9 units, came across a man walking in a field who identified himself as Miguel Vega.

The man told police he had been the driver who fled from Sycamore Police, who confirmed that is who they had pulled over, police said. However, when police took the man into custody and fingerprinted him, his identity was determined to be Carlos Diaz.

Diaz has not posted bond as of Friday and remains in the Kane County Jail.