Inmate Escapes Park Ridge Police, Carjacks Two Vehicles Before Capture In Wisconsin

By Beth Lawrence, CBS Chicago

July 17, 2023

CHICAGO (CBS) -- An inmate being transported to the Lake County Jail escaped officers Saturday afternoon, carjacked two vehicles in his attempts to flee, and was recaptured in Kenosha County Wisconsin.

According to the Park Ridge Police Department, two Park Ridge officers were transporting the man wanted on a warrant in Lake County around 2:38 p.m. While heading to the jail, officers noticed the man behaving erratically in the back seat had also slipped his handcuffed hands in front even after being handcuffed behind his back.

When officers pulled their squad car over on the shoulder of northbound I-294 near mile marker 52, they tried to re-secure his handcuffs, but the inmate broke free.

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