Overview
- Oak Brook police found the driver asleep at 1:30 a.m. at 35th Street and Midwest Road, then watched him accelerate into a tree line after an officer knocked on his window.
- Authorities identified the driver as Guillermo Diaz-Torres, 33, of New Mexico, described by police as a Department of Homeland Security employee working under ICE.
- Diaz-Torres told officers he was heading to a Lombard hotel after working in Broadview, denied drinking, and said he had made no stops despite finishing his shift around midnight.
- Police reports and bodycam footage describe slurred speech, bloodshot eyes, swaying, and failures on alphabet and walk-and-turn tests; he declined a breath test and was arrested just after 2 a.m.
- He is scheduled to appear in DuPage County court on Dec. 5, and the Department of Homeland Security did not provide comment to NBC Chicago.