2 Infants Unhurt After Joliet Driver Flees Police: Cops

Joliet IL

10 August, 2021

2:01 PM

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JOLIET, IL — Joliet police say an 11-month-old child and a 1-year-old child were not injured Monday night after a 23-year-old driver tried speeding away from Joliet police on the city's near west side. Joliet police say Tyler Grigsby ran from the car, abandoning the two children in the back of the car, shortly before 8 p.m. At the end of the chase, Joliet officers used a Taser to subdue the Joliet resident, police said. A resident of the 100 block of East Zarley Boulevard, Grigsby was booked into the Will County Jail shortly before 11 p.m. on charges of aggravated fleeing and eluding, aggravated resisting a peace officer, obstructing a peace officer, endangering the life of a child and two outstanding Will County arrest warrants for resisting a peace officer and unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. Around 7:50 p.m., Joliet officers tried to pull over Grigsby's car near Center and Pleasant Streets because "officers identified Grigsby as the driver and had prior knowledge that he held active Will County arrest warrants and had a suspended license," police said. However, Grigsby chose not to pull over, and a police chase pursued, according to police reports. Near the intersection of West Jefferson and North Laurel Streets, Grigsby got out of his car and tried to run away, police said. Officers caught up to him in the 400 block of West Jefferson Street and officers used a Taser to subdue the 23-year-old Joliet resident, police said. "Further investigation determined that five additional occupants, including two young children aged 11 months and 1-year-old, were in the vehicle during the pursuit. All occupants were uninjured and were released from the scene," Joliet Police Sgt. Dwayne English indicated.