Authorities have released additional information about an Illinois fugitive who injured a Carroll police officer Friday afternoon while fleeing from law enforcement. According to Carroll Police Chief, Brad Burke, 27-year-old Dennis Guider Jr. of Chicago Heights, Ill., was a passenger in a vehicle in the 1800 block of Kittyhawk Avenue and officers conducted a traffic stop on the car at approximately 12:56 p.m. at the intersection of Burgess Avenue and U.S. Highway 30. Guider is wanted for parole violations related to multiple burglary convictions in Cook County. Authorities say he refused to cooperate with officers’ commands during the stop, and as officers attempted to take him into custody, he pushed the driver out of the vehicle and drove off, striking an officer who landed on the car’s hood. According to law enforcement, Guider reached speeds up to 60 mph as he proceeded into the 600 block of Burgess Avenue where he struck a culvert, throwing the officer from the vehicle. Guider’s vehicle was disabled in the 900 block of Salinger Avenue where he fled on foot and remains at large. The officer was transported to St. Anthony Regional Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and is now recovering at home. Guider was last seen wearing a black Nike hoodie and navy-blue sweatpants. He is a black male, approximately 5’ 11” tall and weighs around 150 lbs. Anybody with information on his location is asked to contact the Carroll County Communications Center at 712-792-3536.
