Two people were arrested following a high-speed chase and allegedly resisting arrest and fighting with officers in north suburban Lake County early Saturday morning.
The two suspects were charged with multiple crimes, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Around 2 a.m., a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy saw a car driving without its headlights on near the area of Washington Street and Lancer Lane in Grayslake.
She allegedly kicked one of the deputies and resisted arrest. Deputies were able to subdue and arrest her.
The deputy tried to stop the car, but the driver, later identified as Swayne Carranza, 38, of Round Lake Beach, accelerated to 80 mph in a 45 mph zone, police said.
The deputy caught up with the suspect car as it pulled into a driveway in the 1100 block of Cambridge Drive in Grayslake.
After stopping the car, police said Carranza got out of the car in an “aggressive manner” and refused to comply with the deputy’s instructions. When deputies tried to arrest him, Carranza allegedly resisted and pulled away.
A deputy used a Taser to subdue Carranza and took him into custody.
As deputies were attempting to arrest him, the passenger of the car, Maria Lara, 32, of Grayslake, got out and tried to interfere.
Carranza was charged with resisting arrest, obstructing a peace officer, aggravated speeding, and multiple traffic violations.
Lara was charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer, resisting arrest, obstructing a peace officer, and open transportation of alcohol.
