Plainfield Man Arrested For Stealing Jeep, Leading Cops On Chase

Plainfield IL

21 January, 2022

5:58 PM

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PLAINFIELD, IL — A 23-year-old Plainfield man was arrested in Indiana on Thursday after he led Indiana state troopers on a high-speed chase that ended on Interstate 94 in LaPorte County. Kenyon Johnson was arrested after police said that he was traveling in a Jeep Grand Cherokee that was reported stolen from Plainfield. Police said that troopers first saw the vehicle which had different plates that matched a different vehicle, Indiana State Police said. The driver of the vehicle then sped off and got onto I-94, which it remained on until it got off on I-90 because of a flat tire after it ran over stop sticks which had been placed at the exit, Indiana State Police said in a news release. Johnson and a passenger were taken into custody, according to police. The state police said that an investigation determined that the Jeep was taken from a Plainfield resident as part of a Facebook scam and that Johnson matched the description of the person involved in the incident, police said. The Indiana State Police said in a news release that Thursday's incident is not the first time Johnson has been involved in a chase involving law enforcement officers. The passenger was not charged and was released from custody, police said. Johnson faces charges of resisting law enforcement with vehicle, felony theft, reckless driving and possession of marijuana.