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Earlville man charged with DUI after high-speed chase · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Earlville man charged with DUI after high speed chase. Written
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  Speaker 1: by Tom Collins. This article is being read by an
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  Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Police said they
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  Speaker 1: clocked him at more than ninety miles per hour and
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  Speaker 1: he then fled on foot into Earlville. Arresting officers smelled
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  Speaker 1: alcohol and charged Julian Murray with aggravated DUI elevated to
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  Speaker 1: a felony because his license was revoked. The high speed
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  Speaker 1: pursuit got the forty five year old a bed in
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  Speaker 1: LaSalle County Jail two. A judge decided wednesday in LaSalle
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  Speaker 1: County Circuit Court that the Earlville mann was a bad
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  Speaker 1: risk for pre trial release. Murray faces up to three
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  Speaker 1: years in prison if convicted of either aggravated fleeing and
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  Speaker 1: eluding or aggravated DUI. At a detention hearing wednesday, LaSalle
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  Speaker 1: County prosecutors argued Murray poses a risk to the public.
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  Speaker 1: Kelly Porter, assistant Lasalley State's Attorney, said an open court
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  Speaker 1: that a Sheriff's deputy saw a vehicle blow a stop
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  Speaker 1: sign and then make an improper turn late Tuesday on
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  Speaker 1: East one thousand, five hundred and fifty third Road. The vehicle, however,
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  Speaker 1: accelerated and the driver switched off the tailights to keep
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  Speaker 1: police from following it into Earlville. It didn't work, though
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  Speaker 1: the driver fled the halted car on foot. Porter said
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  Speaker 1: police identified him as Murray, smelled alcohol and found an
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  Speaker 1: open container in the passenger compartment. Murray's license was revoked
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  Speaker 1: for a previous DUI, she said, making him eligible for
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  Speaker 1: a felony charge. Porter also urged the judge to jail
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  Speaker 1: Murray because of a significant criminal history, as well as
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  Speaker 1: two pending Kendall County cases for which he'd been granted
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  Speaker 1: pre trial release. Public defender Ryan Hamer asked for GPS
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  Speaker 1: monitoring in lieu of jail. Hamer argued there were no
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  Speaker 1: injuries during the chase, There's no threat to any specific persons,
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  Speaker 1: he said, and prosecutors have yet to furnish any test
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  Speaker 1: results showing impairment. Murray also is employed and has three dependents.
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  Speaker 1: Chief Judge H. Chris Ryan Junior opted for detention, citing
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  Speaker 1: the open cases out of Kendall County. Murray would have
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  Speaker 1: been told not to get into any more trouble. After
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  Speaker 1: being let out of Kendall County Murray will next appear
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  Speaker 1: for arrainment on August twenty eighth,