Crime & Safety
Man Fleeing From Cops Nabbed by Off-Duty Sergeant
Police said a Chicago resident who had a warrant out for his arrest tried to steal from Walmart, then made a brief getaway.
A man with a warrant out for his arrest tried to steal from Walmart in Evergreen Park and then ran away but eventually landed in the hands of a Chicago police sergeant.
Police said Terrell Delaney, 18, of Chicago, was charged with obstructing identification, retail theft and resisting a peace officer.
According to reports, on the morning of May 23, Delaney was charged with retail theft for taking a 22-inch Emerson television valued at $178. He was charged with resisting a peace officer by pulling away and running from the officer, twisting his body and refusing to place his hands behind his back. Police said that after Delaney resisted arrest, he took off running.
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Police said they got a report of someone running who might have been armed with a handgun. Evergreen Park police set up a perimeter in the area of Western Avenue to catch Delaney. Reports said that an off-duty Chicago police sergeant, who saw Delaney hiding outside at 8956 S. Oakley St., took Delaney into custody. When the sergeant nabbed him, Delaney did not have a gun.
According to police, Delaney was charged with obstructing identification for providing a fictitious name and date of birth. He did so, police said, because he was attempting to escape an outstanding no-bond warrant from the Illinois Department of Corrections for parole violation.
