Home Invasion Suspects Hit 3 Other Cars In Wrong-Way Crashes, Discarded 2 Guns During Wild Chase: Prosecutors
HOMER GLEN, IL — Two Chicago men facing charges in connection with home invasions in Homer Glen and Lemont will remain detained after petitions to deny pre-trial release were granted, according to the Will County State's Attorney's Office.
Nikhi Calloway, 19, and Willie Glenn, 28, are both facing charges of armed violence, unlawful use of weapons, aggravated unlawful possession of a stolen motor vehicle, and possession of a stolen motor vehicle. Glenn is also facing charges of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer.
The charges stem from a home invasion in Homer Glen, which was reported on Dec. 10. Another incident happened in Lemont on Dec. 11, with charges filed in Cook County.
The next court date, a preliminary hearing, has been set for Jan. 2 at the Will County Courthouse.
According to court documents filed in support of pre-trial detention, Glenn and Calloway approached the victim in Homer Glen, and pointed a handgun at her, demanding cash. They forced her into her home and stole cash, credit cards and her license.
One man demanded her PIN, threatening to kill her if she didn't comply, according to the court documents. The other allegedly ransacked her home, bound her and took the cash, cards, ID and phone. The victim was able to free herself and go to a neighbor to call 911 after the two men left, prosecutors said.
Officials say $4,300 was taken from the woman's accounts from an Orland Park ATM. Cameras at that location captured the suspect's vehicle, a four-door Acura.
According to court documents, the owner of the Acura told police her vehicle was stolen while she still had the key fob.
On Dec. 11, license plate reader cameras capture the suspect vehicle in Lemont. A similar incident to the one in Homer Glen happened at a home in Lemont; another victim forced into her home, bound and robbed of her property by two masked individuals, according to the court documents.
Cameras captured the vehicle in Lemont at 3:05 p.m., in Bolingbrook at 3:11 p.m., and in Joliet at 3:53 p.m.
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The vehicle was located in Joliet and a traffic stop was attempted, but the vehicle fled, according to court documents. The pursuit lasted about 10 minutes, "and consisted of the Acura speeding over 40 miles above the speed limit, disregarding seven traffic control devices, the wrong way into oncoming traffic, striking a vehicle on I-80 stopped in traffic, striking two vehicles on Chicago Street and eventually crashing on Rowell," court documents state.
Two passengers ran from the vehicle. A juvenile was captured with a backpack, cellular device and $1,000 cash, prosecutors said. Court documents do not contain details on charges for the juvenile.
Calloway was also captured after fleeing the vehicle, according to court documents.
Glenn drove into the driveway of a home and ran, before he was captured in a yard on Manhattan Road, court documents state.
"Joliet officers involved in the pursuit identified Glenn as the driver of the vehicle in this chase," court documents state. "Willie Glenn was interviewed and admitted to being a career car thief."
Glenn denied this and said he wasn't driving the car and jumped over from the rear, over an unknown driver that he didn't name, to exit the vehicle, according to court documents.
A K-9 was deployed in the area after the pursuit ended, and in a ditch, found a handgun with a fully-loaded magazine. A live round was in the chamber, and the serial number was defaced, according to court documents.
Another handgun was found in the same ditch by the K-9. This handgun had different serial numbers on different pieces of the gun, and had a device which converted it to fully automatic, "classifying the weapon as a machine gun," court documents state.
Both weapons were found on the route the men used to flee, according to prosecutors. Surveillance video appears to show the rear driver's side window of the Acura open and close near the same location.
Court documents state that the vehicle was also searched with the consent of the owner. Computer components were found when the rearview mirror was removed, which is "frequently done to prevent GPS tracking of stolen vehicles by experienced car thieves," according to court documents.
A generic key fob was also found in the vehicle, which started the car, and didn't belong to the owner.
Other items found in the car include receipts consistent with withdrawals from the Lemont bank where the Lemont victim's card was used; and a substance that field tested positive for cocaine. Six cellular devices were also recovered.
"Analysis of further charges is pending as this evidence is obtained and analyzed," court documents state.
