On a crisp October day two guys sped away from Illinois State Police and later, officers from two county sheriff’s departments. The men were arrested only after they tried to flee through a corn field where their car caught fire. Inside, police say they found three kilos of drugs laced with fentanyl. Police reports say the men denied knowing the drugs were hidden in the floorboard of the car they claimed to have “borrowed” from someone in California. One said they “fled in fear of being deported,” according to a police report.
Within days a judge released one of the men after an initial check found no criminal record.
“Guarantee you’ll never see him again,” Kankakee County sheriff Mike Downey said. “I can’t call ICE and say ‘This individual is getting released tomorrow, or in three hours.’ I can’t. So he walks out the door.”…