
3 teens charged with carjacking 61-year-old man in South Chicago
Jamari Dunbar, 18, and two juveniles – a 14-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy – each have been charged with one count of aggravated vehicular hijacking.
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Jamari Dunbar, 18, and two juveniles – a 14-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy – each have been charged with one count of aggravated vehicular hijacking.
The boys, ages 16 and 17, were arrested on Thursday just before 3 p.m. in the 1400 block of North Sedgwick Avenue.
He was charged with two felony counts of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm.
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According to police, the boy was identified as the suspect who took a vehicle from a 45-year-old woman in the 6900 block of South Laflin Street.
The 12-year-old was charged with one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm and one felony count of attempted vehicular hijacking.
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Eric D. Evans, 34, was charged with one count of vehicular hijacking.
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