A Kane County jury convicted an Elk Grove Village man Tuesday on charges he hit a police officer with his car after a chase ending at the Elgin Toll Plaza.Andrzej Wojtkielewicz, 23, was found guilty on one count of aggravated battery of a police officer – a Class 2 felony.
Around 9 p.m. July 14, 2009, Chicago police, acting on a tip that Wojtkielewicz had a large amount of cocaine and a gun, tried to stop Wojtkielewicz’s car at West Diversey and North Central avenues, according to Kane County prosecutors. Wojtkielewicz then led police on a chase westbound on Interstate 90.
Between the Des Plaines Oasis and the All-State Arena, Wojtkielewicz threw multiple large packages of cocaine out his car window, prosecutors said. Some of the cocaine struck the pursuing police cars, while some of it was later recovered from the roadside.
Wojtkielewicz stopped his vehicle at the Elgin Toll Plaza and officers approached the car and tried to get him out. Wojtkielewicz put the car in reverse and knocked an officer down, injuring him. He then put the car in drive and drove toward another officer, who shot at the car. Pieces of the bullet struck Wojtkielewicz in the chest, prosecutors said.
Wojtkielewicz remains in Kane County jail, held on $1 million bail, awaiting his Nov. 22 sentencing hearing. He faces between three and 14 years in prison.
