COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — A motorcyclist with a history of DUIs was fleeing from police Tuesday when he crashed his bike, ran into a stranger's apartment and offered her cash to keep quiet, prosecutors said.
Police tried to pull over Alex Ocasio, 20, in the 6400 block of West Wellington Avenue when they noticed his 1998 Suzuki motorcycle didn't have a rear license plate, according to an arrest report.
Ocasio — whose driver's license was revoked for a DUI conviction — sped west on Wellington, blowing through six stop signs before cutting into an alley in the 3000 block of North Oak Park Avenue, police and prosecutors said.
It was there Ocasio lost control of his motorcycle and crashed, Assistant State's Attorney Lorraine Scaduto said during a bond hearing this week.
Ocasio hopped a fence and ran up a flight of stairs — just as a second-floor resident opened her back door to see what all the commotion was about, according to police.
Ocasio pushed past the 33-year-old woman, locked her door and offered her money not to tell police where he was, Scaduto said.
But officers heard the woman scream when Ocasio slammed her into her kitchen, and police spotted the pair through the woman's window, an arrest report said.
Ocasio, of the 3000 block of North Nagle Avenue, was charged with aggravated fleeing, driving without insurance, driving without registration, battery, criminal trespass to residence, driving on suspended license and six counts of failing to stop for a stop sign.
He has a pending DUI case, Scaduto said, and previously lost his license for an earlier DUI conviction.
According to prosecutors, Ocasio told police he ran away Tuesday because he knew he was driving on a revoked license and he was scared.
Cook County Judge James Brown on Wednesday said Ocasio could be released on his own recognizance if the Cook County Sheriff's Office agrees to provide electronic monitoring.
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