South Side man involved in a deadly hit-and-run on the Dan Ryan last year told authorities he didn’t initially stop to check on his teenage victim because he had to deliver marijuana to his customers, Cook County prosecutors said Thursday.
Tevin Earl ended up lying in the expressway’s northbound lanes at 69th Street after his van flipped over and he was ejected in a single car accident in the early morning hours of July 24, 2010.
As motorists tried to help Earl, 18, Christopher Williams drove his Dodge Charger over Earl, dragging him away, assistant state’s attorney John Dillon said.
Earl’s body wasn’t discovered until hours later that morning at 636 S. Wabash, Dillon said.
Williams, 28, returned to the vicinity of the hit-and-run an hour and a half later, allegedly telling Illinois State Police he may have run someone over because he heard a “thump, thump” sound as he cruised by.
Williams told police he didn’t stop to check what he had hit because he needed to get weed to his customers, Dillon said.
Williams’ attorney Irving Federman contended Thursday that his client didn’t know what had happened because of the rainy conditions at the time of the crash.
Detectives tried to interview Williams but he never showed up as police investigated the case, Dillon said.
An arrest warrant was issued and Williams was taken into police custody Tuesday while he and others were gathered on the sidewalk in the 7100 block of South Wabash. The smell of burned cannabis wafted as officers approached Williams, a police report said.
The 6 foot 2, 280-pound Williams, who goes by the nickname “Lil Chris,” was ordered held on $200,000 bail Thursday for failing to report an accident involving a death.
However, Judge Donald Panarese Jr. ordered him held without bail for violating conditions of his bond in a pending unlawful use of a weapon by a felon case.
Williams, of the first block of East 83rd, also has two previous drug-related convictions.
