April 11, 2021
City of Earlville Building- Studstill Media Photo
EARLVILLE – Multiple police cars were damaged and one area police officer suffered serious injuries after a vehicle pursuit across Northern LaSalle County. Saturday night LaSalle County Sheriff’s deputies were in pursuit of a vehicle after an attempted traffic stop on US Route 34 near Earlville when reportedly the vehicle fled and an Earlville Officer was injured in a crash near the intersection of East 9th and US RT 34. The officer was airlifted to a Rockford Hospital in serious but stable condition, according to Earlville Police Chief Darin Crask. The suspects vehicle, a sedan with reportedly three occupants, was involved in a crash at the end of the pursuit north of Mendota near East 3rd and North 46th Road. The driver, 23-year-old Jaquaya Roy of Chicago was arrested for aggravated fleeing and eluding, plus cited for speeding over 100 mph and taken to the LaSalle County Jail where she is awaiting b