Richard Morris - Cook County State's Attorney

questioning as to why they were running from the police, due to the high number of
garage burglaries, theft from autos, and auto thefts in that area. When they had first seen
the officers the defendants had looked at the officers suspiciously and with a look of fear
in their eyes. Then they had run and had failed to stop when ordered. (R. 194-195)
Other officers arrived and took defendant to the 19th District Station at Belmont
and Western. (R. 1194-1195) Officer Lotts then returned to the car the defendants had
parked on Paulina just before the chase had begun. He ran the license plate number,
ETM 734, and was told that it was registered to Mr. Ervin Shorter. (R. 1195) When the
officers opened the trunk of the car they found a number of tools--screwdrivers and
wrenches and the like– and found also that the inside metal and rubber of the trunk had
been damaged. (R. 1197-1198) Officer Clark Mikes, working in uniform and in a marked
squad car, heard the radio communications regarding the chase begun by Officers Lotts
and Lopresti. He immediately drove to the area around school and Paulina, and there he
saw two people running westbound across Paulina towards Henderson. Officer Mikes
got out of his car and ran down School parallel to the chase occurring on Henderson. As
he did so he saw a male black come out of a gangway on the north side of School and run
across the street to the south side and into another gangway. Officer Mikes pursued him
into the back yard of 1752 West School and into the garage there. He was joined by
Officer Lopresti and other police officers. Inside the garage they found the defendant
Richard Morris hiding under a pile of debris. (R. 1280-1284)
Officer Lotts heard over the radio that his partner, Officer Lopresti found the
other defendant, Richard Morris. (R. 1196) Finally, Officer Lotts heard over the radio that
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