Local Police Arrest Illinois Fugitive

Wilkesboro Police have arrested a man wanted in Illinois. It appears Anthony Chichorz had been living in Wilkesboro for some time, as he had a local job and an officer reports he recalls seeing the man's car parked at the Lowes Motel for some time. According to the crime report, the officer noticed as Chichorz pulled into the motel parking lot early today that the lens on one of his brake lights had been broken. He remembered seeing the car, which had an Illinois plate, several times in the past year, and when he ran the plate, he found it was expired. When the officer ran his ID, he found there was felony larceny warrant out for Chichorz, and that Chicago-area authorities wanted him held for extradition to Illinois. He was arrested without incident.