PALATINE -- Authorities added charges against a Wisconsin man accused last week of reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident in which a Palatine woman and two 12-year-old girls were injured, police said.

Ronald M. Wheatley, 29, of Williams Bay was charged Saturday with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, criminal trespass to a vehicle, criminal trespass to a residence and resisting arrest, Palatine police Sgt. Steve Bratcher said.

Police said Wheatley stole a 2005 Pontiac GTO from an Elgin dealership Thursday afternoon, crashed it into another car and ran away. Wheatley entered a house as he ran through a nearby neighborhood, police said. He also tried to drive off in a Palatine squad car while running from police, Bratcher said.

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