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Dennis Sullivan Special to the Tribune
An Orland Park man who posted a videotape of himself on an Internet video site taunting police as he rode through the village on his motorcycle was sentenced today to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated fleeing and eluding police.
Cook County Associate Judge Carmen Aguilar sentenced Justin C. Jachimiec, 23, of the 15400 block of Tulip Court during a hearing at the Bridgeview Courthouse on the charges, which are Class 4 felonies, punishable by up to three years in prison, according to Cook County State's Attorney spokeswoman Tandra Symington.
Jachimiec will be credited for the approximately seven months he has already served in Cook County Jail.
The charges stem from two separate incidents.
On Nov. 19, 2011, Jachimiec, wearing a helmet equipped with a video camera, drove a motorcycle on the 7300 block of Wheeler Drive above the posted speed limit, disobeyed numerous stop signs and drove over lawns before riding on one wheel past a marked patrol car and taunting officers who were making an unrelated traffic stop.
He disregarded orders to stop, fleeing the scene.
On March 13, 2012, Jachimiec drove the motorcycle in the area of 159th Street and LaGrange Road and 94th Avenue, weaving between vehicles, driving onto sidewalks and then back onto the roadway while ignoring orders to stop given by officers in marked police cars.
"At one point the motorcyclist accelerated past a marked police car while doing a (one-)wheeler for approximately four blocks," according to a prepared statement by Orland Park Police. "The marked police cars did not pursue the motorcyclist when he refused to stop due to the recklessness of his driving and public safety."
Jachimiec later uploaded videos of his adventures on YouTube, using the name "wheelerdrivebandit" and "Orland Ghost Rider."
Orland Park Police detectives, executing a search warrant on March 14, 2012, at an address on Juanita Drive in Orland Park, obtained evidence that led to Jachimiec's identification as the motorcyclist in both incidents.
Detectives later that day recovered the motorcycle, helmet, and camera Jachimiec had used, and later determined the motorcycle had been reported stolen from a home in Laona, Wis. in June 2011.
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