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Chicago man charged with carjacking 65-year-old in Washington Heights

January 19, 2024 / 2:40 PM CST / CBS Chicago

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CHICAGO (CBS) – A man charged with carjacking a 65-year-old man at gunpoint in the Washington Heights neighborhood in November was scheduled to appear in court on Friday.

Marcus McNeal, 18, was charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking.

Chicago police said he was arrested by officers and the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force on Thursday in the 700 block of East 111th Street.

McNeal was identified as a person who took a car from the victim on Nov. 4 in the 9900 block of South May Street.

No further information was immediately available.

Chicago Police Department
Carjacking
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Jeramie Bizzle

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin Weekly Newspaper, OakPark.com and Sportskeeda.