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Hinsdale Police Arrest Hit And Run Suspect

March 14, 2006

Hinsdale Police arrested its resident Derrick Holland Tuesday, February 21 and charged him with leaving the scene of a February 1, hit-and-run accident.

Deputy Police Chief Kevin Simpson told the Defender that a warrant was issued for Holland's arrest on Friday after a judge found that there was probable cause to issue the warrant.

Holland said he was stopped by a Hinsdale police officer about 8 a.m. Tuesday morning. He said his 2-year-old son started hollering, and Holland asked the officer to arrest him down the street out of the sight of his son. The officer obliged.

Holland, who shared his story with the Defender February 9, asserts that the Hinsdale Police tried to get him to admit to an accident that he said he had no part in.

Holland said the police told him he was a suspect because a witness said the person who hit a car and fled the scene was an African American male who drove a blue car. Holland, 33, is Black and owns a blue car.

A member of PUSH/Rainbow Coalition said yesterday that its organization would look into the Holland incident.

The Hollands are one of three Black families that live on their block in a community with few African American families.

Simpson refused to identify what type of vehicle was hit or who is the witness was against Holland.