A 19-year-old Chicago man was ordered held on $1 million Wednesday after being charged with leading Illinois State Troopers and Hinsdale police on a high-speed chase in a stolen car Monday

       Kevonta Robinson, last known address in the 5500 block of W, Le Moyne Street, Chicago, was charged with two counts of armed robbery with a handgun, aggravated possession of a stolen motor vehicle, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, aggravated fleeing and eluding, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and burglary, DuPage State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Hinsdale Police Chief Brian King announced in a news release.

       Judge Margaret O’Connell set bond at $1 million, with 10% to apply, during a Wednesday hearing.

       Around 3:42 p.m. Monday, an Illinois State Trooper observed a 2016 Honda CRV traveling westbound on I-290 near Mannheim Road at a high rate of speed driving on the shoulder, police allege. While observing the vehicle, the trooper learned that the Honda was allegedly carjacked out of Cook County earlier that day and involved in two armed robberies. In an attempt to stop the vehicle, the trooper activated his emergency lights and sirens, according to the release.

       Authorities allege that the driver of the vehicle, later determined to be Robinson, ignored the troopers attempts to pull him over and continued to drive, eventually exiting the expressway system on the southbound I-294 ramp to westbound Ogden Avenue leading into DuPage County, the release said. While driving on Ogden Avenue, police allege the Honda drove into oncoming traffic and disobeyed the red light at Ogden Avenue and Oak Street. The Honda traveled southbound on Oak Street and came to a stop near Oak Street and Fuller Road where the defendant exited the vehicle and fled on foot, police said.

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       Police said Robinson allegedly ran through a residential area and briefly paused in a resident’s backyard before being apprehended while hiding in a detached residential garage on Oak Street. During their investigation, authorities recovered a loaded Beretta 9 mm pistol with one bullet in the chamber in the backyard where the defendant had allegedly paused during the foot pursuit, the release said.

       “The allegation that Mr. Robinson led police on a car chase in the middle of the afternoon just blocks from a grammar school is unconscionable,” Berlin said in the release. “What’s even more disturbing, if that’s even possible, is the allegation that this defendant then ran from the police through a residential neighborhood, again in the middle of the afternoon, with a loaded weapon. The unprecedented levels of violence we have seen recently in DuPage County, such as alleged in this case, will not be tolerated and will be met with the full force and effect of the law.”

       Robinson’s next court appearance is scheduled for Oct. 21 for arraignment.

       If found guilty of the most serious offense, Robinson, who is currently on juvenile parole, faces between fifteen to thirty years in state prison, the release said.

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