Girl thought it was ‘enjoyable,’ requested police in the event that they have been ‘impressed’ after high-speed police chase in Wauconda and Cary

A lady stated she thought it was “fun” and requested police in the event that they have been impressed after she led them on a 100 mph automobile pursuit, working cease indicators and a light-weight, in Wauconda and Cary, prosecutors stated.

An officer with the Wauconda Police Department was conducting routine visitors patrol through the early morning hours on April 22 within the space of Route 176 and Fairfield Road in Wauconda, based on Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Patrick Windmoeller.

Officers had obtained an alert from a Flock automated license plate reader digicam that the co-owner of a black Jeep had an lively warrant out for his arrest out of McHenry County for retail theft.

The officer noticed the Jeep, carried out a U-turn to comply with the automobile and observed it had expired registration, Windmoeller stated. The automotive instantly began to speed up.

The officer tried to conduct a visitors cease utilizing lights and sirens however the driver didn’t cease and fled.

Windmoeller stated the Jeep disregarded a cease signal whereas touring southbound on Darrell Road at Main Street.

The automobile then disregarded a visitors gentle on Darrell Road at Roberts Road earlier than turning onto Rawson Bridge Road.

The street was closed on account of flooding and the automobile drove straight via the flooded space.

The automobile disregarded a cease signal because it continued left on Rawson Bridge Road and disregarded one other cease signal because it made a left and continued onto Three Oaks Road, Windmoeller stated.

The Jeep reached speeds of as much as 100 mph through the chase. The officer terminated the pursuit on account of public security considerations.

Officers realized that the wished co-owner of the automobile was already in custody on the McHenry County Jail and couldn’t have been driving it on the time of the offense.

The co-owner informed officers that he had loaned the automobile to his sister, Windmoeller stated. The automobile was discovered unoccupied within the 100 block of Birch Lane in Oakwood Hills later that day.

The automobile was towed and officers reached out to relations who reported Margaret Rohr, 29, of Marengo, had been driving the automobile not too long ago and has substance abuse points, Windmoeller stated.

An officer spoke with Rohr over the cellphone and he or she admitted to driving the automobile and fleeing from police.

She commented on her driving and requested the officer if he was impressed, Windmoeller stated. She additionally talked about that she drove via the flooded space.

Officers spoke with Rohr in individual on April 25 and he or she once more admitted to driving the automobile and fleeing on April 22. She stated that it was “fun” and once more talked about driving via the flooded space, Windmoeller stated.

Rohr was charged with aggravated fleeing to elude, expired registration, three counts of disregarding a cease signal, disregarding an official visitors management gadget and working an uninsured motorcar.

Rohr was launched from the Wauconda Police Department on April 25 and didn’t have to look in court docket previous to being launched. She was given a First Appearance Court listening to date of May 13.

Windmoeller stated Rohr couldn’t even make it to her first court docket listening to within the case earlier than she violated her inherent pre-trial situations of not committing any new offenses.

A police officer was on patrol within the space of Grand Avenue in Kilbourne Road in Gurnee within the early morning hours of May 10.

The officer observed a automobile that was driving 42 mph in a 35 mph zone after which didn’t sign because it made a flip straight in entrance of the officer’s squad automotive, Windmoeller stated.

A visitors cease was carried out on the automobile for rushing and failure to sign.

The officer made contact with the occupants and recognized Rohr because the entrance seat passenger.

Windmoeller stated officers noticed open alcohol within the automobile and carried out a possible trigger search, discovering three glass pipes with burnt residue that the officers recognized as drug paraphernalia close to the place Rohr was sitting.

Rohr was positioned underneath arrest and was additionally discovered to have in her waistband a bag containing a rock-like substance, which area examined optimistic for .06 grams of cocaine, Windmoeller stated.

The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office filed a petition to revoke her pre-trial launch within the first case following her second arrest. She additionally had an arrest warrant out of Kenosha County on the time.

“Given the defendant’s flippant attitude and willingness to flee from law enforcement, there are no conditions or combinations of conditions she is likely to follow. The defendant’s pre-trial release must be revoked to prevent her from committing new Class A misdemeanors or felonies,” Windmoeller stated.

Lake County Judge Michael Nerheim granted the petition following a listening to on the revocation of pre-trial launch, saying that Rohr’s actions put the general public in peril.

During the listening to, Rohr requested the decide for an ankle monitor, saying she wished to do what she wanted to do as a mom to care for her kids. She additionally stated she by no means thought it could flip into this.

Rohr stays held within the Lake County Jail and is scheduled to look in court docket once more on Monday for a case administration convention.