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Teen charged with carjacking handicapped man on Far North Side

February 22, 2023 / 10:28 AM CST / CBS Chicago

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CHICAGO (CBS) – A 16-year-old boy is charged with carjacking a handicapped man on the city's Far North Side Tuesday night.

Chicago police arrested the teen around 8:33 p.m., in the 2400 block of West Lexington Street on the Near West Side.

Police say he was identified as the suspect who, moments earlier, participated in a carjacking of a 67-year-old man, in the 6000 block of North Campbell Avenue.

He was taken into custody and charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking-handicapped.

No further information was immediately available.

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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.