Man sentenced to 17 years for pair of Chicago carjackings in 2022
A man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for his role in a pair of carjackings on the South Side of Chicago in 2022.
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A man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for his role in a pair of carjackings on the South Side of Chicago in 2022.
Matt Taylor said he had just pulled into the shopping center and said, while finishing up a cigarette, three guys in a black SUV approached.
Two teens stood charged Wednesday with carjacking a man at gunpoint in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood this week, and one of them was also charged in two different robberies at CTA Red Line stops last year.
Chicago police are looing for a group of men they say are responsible for a rash of armed robberies across the city.
Chicago police on Sunday were searching for a man who held up a convenience store and then carjacked a woman.
Anthony Nunnally, 20, of the Jeffery Manor neighborhood, was charged with carjacking a 19-year-old man.
Police said the vehicle involved in the crash was stolen from Brighton Park.
A carjacking ended in a deadly crash on Chicago's West Side on Tuesday night.
Camani Montgomery, 18, was identified as one of the suspects who carjacked a 24-year-old woman in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood this week.
A man told CBS News Chicago his car was taken in a carjacking at 95th Street and Parnell Street.
Illinois state police said they spotted a vehicle on I-290 that was involved in a carjacking around 4:30 a.m. Friday.
Chicago police said the 13-year-old was identified as one of the offenders who carjacked a 30-year-old man in the South Commons neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.
Maurice McDowell, 43, of Maywood, was charged with three felonies, including attempted murder, vehicular hijacking, and aggravated battery to a peace officer.
Police said, just before midnight, a carjacker forcefully pulled a 36-year-old man out of his vehicle near Madison and Wabash.
Police said the boys robbed and carjacked a 27-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman on Sunday in the 1600 block of North Long Avenue.
Maurice D. Lee Jr., 32, has been charged in federal court in Chicago with two counts of carjacking, two counts of robbery, and four counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
Kennedy Leach, 18, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon by Citywide Vehicular Hijacking Task Force members in the 1100 block of South California Avenue.
Demitrious Green, 33, of Oak Park, was charged with one felony count of vehicular hijacking.
Marshun Fort, 19, and Kayne Hunt, 22, were arrested by the Citywide Robbery Task Force on Friday in the 2100 block of West Bowler Street just after 5 p.m.
The 15-year-old boy was arrested on Saturday afternoon in the 6600 block of South Stewart Avenue.
The teen was arrested just 15 minutes after the incident, according to police
Chicago police officers arrested the teen around 5:43 p.m. Sunday in the 8500 block of South Kingston Avenue.
Three occurred in the 300 block of South Whipple Avenue on Friday and Sunday, and another in the 3000 block of West Jackson Boulevard on Saturday.
James Robinson and Angel Contreras, both 21, are facing multiple charges, including attempted murder, robbery, and vehicular hijacking.
Jamari Edwards, 22, faces 17 years to life in prison when he is sentenced on Aug. 12.
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Chicago helped shape the nation in so many ways, including the pioneering of skyscrapers – the big, beautiful buildings the city of big shoulders introduced to the world.
A Chicago bus driver is out of a job after he was caught on camera with his hands off the wheel and his eyes glued to his cell phone.
Police in Chicago's south and southwest suburbs are teaming up to target thieves targeting video gambling machines, which have become an increasingly popular target for burglary crews.
An eagle-eyed drone pilot helped spot a missing foster puppy who had been out in the cold for more than two weeks in Chicago's northwest suburbs.
A man was shot in the leg inside a home on Chicago's West Side early Saturday morning.
A source close to the investigation said the woman worked for the city's Office of Emergency Management and Communications.
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