Suspect Speeds Off From Joliet Police Traffic Stop, 2 Arrests: JPD

JOLIET — A 30-year-old Joliet man and a 28-year-old were taken into custody by Joliet police in connection with allegations that they attacked Joliet officers and fled a weekend traffic stop.

Daeviontae Pruitte, 30, was released on a notice to appear in court on two charges of resisting an arrest while Teveon Wallace was released on a notice to appear in court on charges of aggravated battery to a peace officer, fleeing/attempting to elude a peace officer and resisting/obstructing a peace officer.

Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English said the following events resulted in the arrests of Pruitte and Wallace early Saturday morning:

At 1:18 a.m., officers conducted a traffic stop near South Center Street and Dekalb Street on a BMW sedan for an improper turn. Pruitte was the driver and during the traffic stop, officers detected an odor of burnt cannabis coming from the vehicle.

The officers instructed him to exit the vehicle, but Wallace ignored their commands and climbed into the driver’s seat of the vehicle.

When an officer tried to remove Wallace from the vehicle, Wallace drove the vehicle away from the traffic stop at a high rate of speed, causing the vehicle’s door to shut on the officer’s arm. Officers did not pursue the vehicle.

Meanwhile, before Wallace sped off, Pruitte indicated to Joliet police the odor was cannabis, however, Pruitte ignored the officers’ commands to exit the vehicle multiple times. Pruitte eventually exited the vehicle and when an officer attempted to detain him, Pruitte began to pull away in an attempt to defeat the arrest.

Pruitte was placed into custody without further incident and he received citations for improper turn and operating without auto insurance.

Later on Saturday at 9:48 p.m., officers conducted a traffic stop on a Chevrolet Malibu near the 100 block of Fourth Avenue for tinted windows. It was Wallace behind the wheel, and he was placed into custody for the incident that morning at South Center Street and Dekalb Street.

Wallace was cited for driving while license suspended and tinted windows.