'Abduction' Outside Chili's Was Consensual Ride, Passenger Violated Order Of Protection: NLPD

NEW LENOX, IL — A purported abduction outside a New Lenox restaurant Friday was actually three people willingly getting into the same car, according to police reports. One woman had an order of protection against one of the men inside, police said.

The incident was called in just before noon Friday, July 25. The caller told police that they had seen three men "put a bag over another subject's head" and force them into a vehicle outside Chili's, 2390 E. Lincoln Highway.

Police stopped a vehicle matching the description near Laraway Road and Heatherway Lane.

A review of security video at the restaurant showed that only three people were involved, and all "entered the vehicle willingly" according to police reports.

Police said a woman was driving the car, and was pulling a hairnet/shower cap over her hair.

Police learned that the woman was the petitioner of an order of protection against a passenger, a 24-year-old New Lenox man.

Under the order, the man was barred from contact with the driver. He was taken into custody for a violation of an order of protection and transported to the New Lenox Police Department.

He was transferred to the Will County Jail.

At a pre-trial detention hearing July 27, the charge against the man was dismissed, court records show. Patch is not naming the man since charges have been dismissed.