On October 24th, 2024, a trooper with
the Illinois State Police attempted a
traffic stop on Interstate 80 southeast
of Jenny Co, the Red Infiniti had
suspended California registration. And
when the trooper approached the vehicle,
it sped off. For the next 2 hours, a
sergeant with the Grundy County
Sheriff's Office tracked the vehicle on
Flock license plate readers heading east
toward Chicago and moved to Route 17 and
Interstate 55 to intercept. He spotted
the vehicle, but still had no idea why
the suspects were so intent on dodging
law enforcement. Following a previous
Troop 2 burn
from for aggravated fleeing and eluting.
Negative. Following an incovert vehicle.
I'm coming up to a section of Grundy
County on this road. I'm going to
attempt to initiate a traffic stop
shortly.
You're free. That's about
19,0001. Route 17 at 19,0001.
Bernie County initiating traffic now.
Route 1700 left. Anybody?
Troop five. He just took off on me. He's
taking off on me. Eastbound spike strips
were deployed. Unknown if successful.
1050 1050 1050 roll over. Route 17 at
17,000 west. Route 17,000 west. 1050.
Despite the vehicle completely rolling
over, the driver refused to stop.
Vehicles continuing record.
downfield 17 at
1700
maneuver second
is on foot running northbound through
the field. Subject is on foot running
northbound through the field. On foot
northbound through the
field, K9, you're going to get
bit. Gray hoodie. Gray hoodie. Blue
jeans. One has gray hoodie, blue jeans.
One has black sweatshirt, black jeans.
Get your hands up. Get them up. Get them
up. Throw them around. Get them
up. Get out. Get down on the ground. Get
down on the
ground. You understand? All right.
Okay. Got one in custom. Go to him. Go
to him. Go to
him. Keep your hands
out. Yep. I'm on with
Priority 2 and priority
2. Give me fire. There's a small fire in
the corn field vehicle.
Is there anybody else in that
car? Anybody else in the car?
[Music]
Two. Just two,
right? No
more priorities. Troop three, two out of
two in custody. Clear
whisper
82.
Okay. You got an
extinguisher.
Extinguisher. White fire extinguisher.
Yeah, probably.
wife.
They rolled him. They kept going. I I
just saw smoke and then all of a sudden
they keep driving this way. They finally
Josh pissed him in the corn. Oh, he did?
And then they got out and ran. Oh, so
you pitted them out here? Yeah, in the
corn field.
[Music]
Fire time, right? fire.
They're working it.
I'm going to go put out some fire. You
hang out with them or no? Yeah. Here,
stand
up. No. Where you at?
I don't know.
You were running. Okay.
No. How old are you? Like
14. How old are you?
20 17.
Dude, what?
And our engines are hot.
[Music]
Is that road there?
We're good. Right where we
were for the That's the stretch we got.
That is right there. Okay. Just lean
against her.
I don't know. I don't know. You might He
might have got a positive hit on that
spike, but I'm not sure. I think he got
the right rear. I don't know if that
wind will push this fast. We got this
right here.
Oh
boy. Jesus. We're driving you for a
while.
Let's see what we can find out. He's a
driver. Miranda him. I know. Mirandize
him. Hey, Mirandise them. Yeah.
According to the police report, both
suspects were taken to the hospital for
follow-ups. One suspect identified as
18-year-old Roy Barona was transported
to a different hospital and treated for
internal bleeding, likely sustained
during the rollover. The next day, he
was cleared for transport to Grundy
County Jail to join his associate,
identified as 23-year-old Christiano
Velasquez. Reic Fire Department
extinguished the fire, and the total
vehicle was moved to a towing yard where
it was searched, allowing officers to
finally discover what motivated the
entire chase.
Hey, that's a kilo. There might be more
than one.
Oh, yeah. There's one, two,
two
three
Broadway 725.
Oh yeah, I guess we did. Well, it's
probably Coke. It is. I test it's Coke.
Well, it could be could have fentel in
it. According to the police report, the
3 kg packages recovered under the
driver's side seat field tested positive
for cocaine and fentinyl. Arazzo
Velasquez, the driver of the vehicle,
was charged with trafficking controlled
substances, possession with intent to
deliver over 900 g of fentinel,
aggravated fleeing and eluding, and
resisting a peace officer. During a
search not caught on camera, officers
found him in possession of
$1,460, which was seized under the
Controlled Substances Act. He is
currently at Grundy County Jail awaiting
trial. He was not released due to the
Department of Homeland Security having
an immigration detainer warrant against
him for being a Honduran national who
entered the country illegally. Barona
the passenger was charged with
trafficking controlled substances,
possession with intent to deliver
fentinel over 900 g, obstructing
justice, and resisting a peace officer.
The arresting officer conducted an
inquiry through the law enforcement
agency's data system and found that
Barahona was a missing person from
California's Valley Teen Ranch. However,
because he had no prior criminal
history, Barona was released from jail
with a date to appear in court in
accordance with the Illinois Safety Act.
Afterwards, California authorities
informed Grundy County that Barona did
indeed have a juvenile record and that
he was also a Honduran national who
entered the country illegally,
information that would have allowed for
his pre-trial detention. However, by the
time this information was shared with
Grundy County, Barona had already fled
the state.