Man Fled Lisle Police Before Crashing In Residential Yard: Cops

LISLE, IL — A 25-year-old south suburban man led Lisle police on a high-speed chase, which resulted in him crashing in a resident’s backyard, prosecutors announced on Tuesday.

Reid Sapato was ordered held on $40,000 bond in a court appearance on Tuesday after he was charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding, reckless driving, and other traffic violations stemming from the chase, which took place early Tuesday morning.

According to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office, Lisle Police spotted a Toyota C-HR traveling 82 mph in a 45 mph zone on Ogden Avenue just after 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. The officer turned on his emergency lights and attempted to conduct a traffic stop. Rather than pulling over, police said Sapato fled and then turned onto River Road, which is a dead end, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Police said rather than stopping, Sapato then drove up a driveway and through two residential backyards before crashing his car in another back yard, police said that after crashing his car, Sapato took off on foot.

Officers located Sapato a short time later in the neighborhood and took him into custody, officials said on Tuesday.

“I have been sounding the alarm for quite some time now that incidents of motorists choosing to flee from police are getting out of control,” DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said. “The allegations that Mr. Sapato not only fled police at a high rate of speed in a residential neighborhood but then once he was boxed in, proceeded to drive through the back yards of several residences to further avoid capture are outrageous.

“Thankfully, because of the time of this alleged event, no one was injured. I have said this quite often over the past few months, but it bears repeating if you hear sirens and see flashing lights behind you, pull over. Not doing so will only make matters worse.”