Police Recover Gun Stolen From New Lenox Shop Following Car Chase
Two Joliet men fled police in a car Thursday in Shorewood and dumped two guns out of the window, one of which was stolen from Downrange Sports gun shop in New Lenox last month.
Following a car chase, Shorewood police have recovered one of the 15 guns stolen from Downrange Sports in New Lenox last month.
Two Joliet men—David Magana, 21, and Eduardo Almazan, 19—were driving through Shorewood Thursday afternoon when an officer tried to pull them over for a seat belt violation, police said. But instead of stopping, the Chevy Impala got on Interstate 55 and sped south.
Police said the men tossed a pair of guns out of the car, one of which was stolen during a burglary of Downrange Sports in New Lenox last month, police said. New Lenox police could not confirm Saturday whether Almazan or Magana will be charged in connection with the gun shop burglary or how they came to possess the gun.
Downrange was burglarized twice, with at least 10 guns stolen the first time and five stolen in a Dec. 22 burglary.
Shorewood and Joliet officers teamed to raid a house on Joliet's east side Friday night and took into custody both the driver from Thursday's flight as well as a passenger who was along for the ride, police said.
Magana, the driver, was charged with fleeing police, and his passenger, Almazan, was picked up on a warrant for possession of drug equipment. Both men were taken to Will County Jail, where they remained in custody Saturday.
Shorewood police broke off the chase Thursday for safety reasons at Interstate 80, but the officer chasing the Impala reportedly identified Magana and Almazan through the vehicle's plate number and the men's physical appearance.
The Joliet and Shorewood officers apprehended the two men at Almazan's house. During the search of his residence they reportedly found and confiscated marijuana and drug equipment. Police also seized a .22-caliber revolver.
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Storms Downrange Sports
227 W Maple St, New Lenox, IL -
Village of Shorewood
1 Towne Center Blvd, Shorewood, IL -
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Shorewood Police Department
903 W Jefferson St, Shorewood, IL
tanja wolf
4:36 pm on Saturday, January 7, 2012
This is the guy who regulary works at the New Lenox Dunkin Donuts-OMG
RLT
8:48 pm on Saturday, January 7, 2012
Gang-bangers? Illegal aliens? Or just another example of how "diversity is our strength"?
alski
10:27 am on Sunday, January 8, 2012
Congrats to the Shorewood PD
JPCJ
6:13 pm on Sunday, January 8, 2012
RLT you sound like a very uneducated person. To believe that crimes are committed because of "illegal aliens" or because we live in a diverse community is sheer stupidity. If you want to live with a racist, simple mentality, that is your right. Maybe think before words go from you small mind to your big mouth though. You must forget the part of history that explains the violence and wrong doings this land was established on in the first place.
Peter Martin
10:14 am on Monday, January 9, 2012
DEAR FOLKS,
LET'S REVIEW THE NEW LENOX GUN SHOP ORDINANCE, IF ANY, FOR RETAIL GUN STORES. PLEASE MAKE THIS "ABSOLUTLEY, CRYSTAL CLEAR": WE (I) ARE IN 100% FAVOR OF "LEGAL" PRIVATE GUN OWNERSHIP AND FOR HAVING "SECURE" RETAIL GUN SHOP(S) IN EVERY COMMUNITY. CONCEALED-CARRY WILL BE LEGAL IN ILLINOIS WITHIN A MATTER OF MONTHS...GREAT.
WHAT IS NOT GOOD IS THE OPERATION OF A LOCAL GUN SHOP THAT IS AN "EASY HIT" FOR YOUNG PUNKS AND "WOULD-BE" AND "CURRENT" CRIMINALS.
OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED VERY SECURE RETAIL GUN SHOPS IN NEW LENOX. LET'S NOT PUT ANY OUT OF BUSINESS. BUT LET US DEVELOP A RETAIL GUN STORE SECURITY ORDINANCE THAT IS REASONALBE FOR THE OWNER AND PREVENTS THE THEFT OF GUNS THAT HAS TWICE TAKEN PLACE FROM DOWNRANGE SPORTS AND IN FORM RINK'S IN LOCKPORT.
A NEW GUN SHOP SECURITY ORDINANCE IS CRITICAL TO KEEP DOZENS OF STOLEN GUNS OFF OUR STREETS.
Michael Sewall
9:28 am on Tuesday, January 10, 2012
@Peter--I had an update on the article today, and village officials will craft an ordinance to require certain security restrictions at gun shops: http://newlenox.patch.com/articles/police-still-investigating-gun-shop-burglaries
Eduardo almazan
1:13 pm on Tuesday, February 14, 2012
This is eduardo almazan and none of these charges were true and I was no were near shorewood or was ever in a car chase croocked cops such as strecth mois leaves and many more will county cops are corrupted and have no idea of things that are going on they just try to hurry and try to convict someone with high felony charges for no reason when none of the things are true Lawsuit is in progress