UPDATES WITH VEHICLE RECOVERED
(WAUKEGAN) Waukegan police have recovered a vehicle that was stolen from the north suburb last week, but are still looking for the driver who injured a police officer while driving away from an attempted arrest.
Police spotted the 2005 Volkswagen about 6:30 p.m. Saturday at a gas station in the 900 block of Grand Avenue, according to Waukegan police. It had been stolen Nov. 29 from the 700 block of Belvedere Road.
Officers approached the vehicle, but the driver took off and dragged one officer a short distance in the parking lot, police said. The officer suffered minor injuries, and was treated and released from a hospital.
The officers pursued the vehicle until deciding the chase would be too reckless, police said.
About 10:50 p.m. Monday, someone called 911 and reported the vehicle was in the 100 block of South Butrick Street after seeing it on the news, police said.
The vehicle was recovered, but the suspected driver remains at large, police said.