A Berwyn woman remains in Cook County Jail on $55,000 bond after being charged with four felonies, including driving under the influence of drugs, after leading Riverside police on a chase that ended when she crashed her vehicle into Dunkin Donuts, 8007 Ogden Ave. in Lyons.

According to Riverside police, an officer attempted to stop Renyann T. Thomas, 30, just before 4:30 a.m. on April 13 after reporting that Thomas was driving erratically while southbound on Harlem Avenue from East Burlington Street.

The officer stopped Thomas at 39th Street, but when he walked toward the car, Thomas allegedly drove off westbound on Ogden Avenue to Joliet Avenue, where she reportedly lost control of her vehicle and crashed into the store, causing extensive damage.

Thomas and a male passenger then allegedly attempted to flee the scene on foot, but were apprehended nearby.

Thomas reportedly kicked the officer attempting to arrest her, and both she and her passenger were taken to MacNeal Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

Later, police learned that Thomas had been arrested for DUI by Riverside police in 2007 and was wanted on an outstanding DUI warrant by Western Springs police.

The passenger, Cesar A. Diaz, 22, of Lyons, was wanted by Cook County Sheriff’s Police on a warrant for retail theft.

Thomas was charged with two felony DUI counts, felony fleeing and eluding and felony criminal damage to property, along with several traffic offenses.

Burglary/stolen vehicle

Brookfield police reported on April 17 that a resident of the 3100 block of Harrison Avenue called to state that his Chevy Blazer containing $300 and several credit cards had been stolen out of his garage sometime during the overnight hours of April 16-17.

The resident reportedly told police that he had left the garage’s service door open and left the keys to the vehicle on the passenger seat.

At 9 a.m. Brookfield police were notified that the vehicle had been found stuck in a ditch just north of the parking lot of the forest preserve at 26th Street and Harrison Avenue in LaGrange Park.

Police reported that the keys were in the ignition and that they recovered $400 in cash and several credit cards as well as two open 30-packs of beer inside the vehicle.

Retail theft

A Chicago man on parole for a 1997 armed robbery conviction now faces a felony retail theft after allegedly walking out of J.C. Penney at North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, with $229 worth of merchandise without paying.

North Riverside police reported that Demond Reid, 39, was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet on his ankle at the time of his arrest. He had been paroled from Pontiac Correctional Center on Feb. 29, where he had been serving time for armed robbery and two other felonies.

He previously served out a six-year sentence for aggravated robbery after a 1994 conviction that also included a charge of attempted arson.

North Riverside police charged Chicago resident Steve L. Collins, 48, with retail theft after he allegedly hid 10 video games under his jacket and then walked out of Best Buy, 2358 Harlem Ave., without paying for them.

Since the games were valued at just under $580, the Cook County State’s Attorney approved upgrading the charge to felony status.

Berwyn resident Pedro Soto, 61, faces a felony retail theft charge after he allegedly removed 24 items of clothing from the women’s department at J.C. Penney at North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, concealed them in a large paper bag and walked out the mall doors without paying for them at 7:40 p.m. on April 17.

The clothes were valued at just under $520, prompting the Cook County State’s Attorney to approve upgrading the charge to a felony.

Felony DUI

Chicago resident Maura E. Anaya, 23, was slapped with a felony charge of driving under the influence on April 20 by Riverside police just a day after Chicago police had charged her with DUI.

According to the police report, an officer observed Anaya drive a Toyota 4-Runner through a red light on Harlem Avenue at Ogden Avenue and then swerve into the northbound lanes of traffic.

Anaya reportedly failed field sobriety tests and a breath test revealed her blood-alcohol level to be .191, which is over twice the legal limit of .08. Police also reported recovering two bottles of wine, a bottle of tequila, a bottle of vodka, two 12-ounce beer bottles and two 40-ounce beer bottles from the vehicle.

Chicago police reported that on April 19, Anaya had been arrested for DUI after being stopped in the 5100 block of Augusta Boulevard.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments from April 13 through April 20 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. The cases have not been adjudicated.

-compiled by Bob Uphues