Police: Drunk Dirt Bike Driver Hit Bolingbrook Officer

A Bolingbrook man is in jail after police say he drunkenly hit a police officer with his dirt bike Wednesday evening.

Steffan Sanfilippo, 40, of the 500 block of Preston Drive, is being charged with aggravated driving under the influence, aggravated fleeing and eluding, and several traffic violations, police said.

Officers said they were called to the 300 block of Hadleigh Road in reference to a complaint of a dirt bike going up and down the street. While on the scene, an officer located the Sanfilippo and attempted to make a traffic stop, according to reports.

Sanfilippo refused to stop and drove up into a yard on the 100 block of North Pinecrest Road and lost control of his bike, dumping it on its side, according to police.

After the officer got out of his squad car in an attempt to take Sanfilippo into custody, Sanfilippo got back on his bike and accelerated rapidly in his direction, police said.

As the bike went by, police said the officer was struck and knocked to the ground, causing injuries to his left elbow, left forearm and left shoulder. Sanfilippo lost control shortly afterward and wound up on the ground where he continued to resist arrest by the injured officer, according to reports.

Both Sanfilippo and the injured officer were treated and released from Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital.

Sanfilippo was transported to the Will County Adult Detention Facility.