A Chicago man who Wilmette police say damaged a screened-in porch in his efforts to flee officers during an early morning foot chase faces several charges in connection with auto burglaries that took place last week in west Wilmette.
Darvis Dennis, 27, of the 5300 block of West North Avenue in Chicago, is scheduled to appear Feb. 19 in Cook County Court, Skokie, on a felony charge of criminal damage to property and a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest, according to police. Both charges stem from an incident that took place shortly before 3 a.m. Feb. 4 on the 2200 block of Elmwood Avenue, police said.
He also faces misdemeanor charges of criminal trespass to a vehicle and possession of stolen property, stemming from an auto burglary in the same time period on the 1000 block of Cherokee Road, not far from the Elmwood Avenue incident, police said.
Dennis is being held at the Cook County Metropolitan Corrections Center in Chicago on a $75,000 bond, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s office.
Police said officers were called to Elmwood Avenue after a resident told dispatchers he had seen a suspicious person apparently trying to break into his garage. Police said officers spotted the man when they arrived. After a struggle, they chased him through several backyards before finally stopping him, police reported.
Deputy Chief Kyle Perkins said the veranda screen was damaged when Dennis allegedly struggled with officers at the Elmwood property. Wilmette police found items on Dennis that they later traced to the Cherokee Road burglary, he said.
Police Chief Brian King said police were also investigating other burglaries reported in the same area when they arrested Dennis, including a second one on the 1000 block of Cherokee Road, a second one on the 2200 block of Elmwood, and two on the 1000 block of Pawnee Road. However, no charges were made in connection with any of those incidents, according to police.
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