Carjackers take SUV with 8-year-old boy inside on East Lake Shore Drive, only to abandon it
Police did not specify whether a weapon was displayed.
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Police did not specify whether a weapon was displayed.
Police a group of six to eight men would approach victims and demand their vehicles.
He is charged with one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm.
He was identified as the suspect who took the vehicle from the 33-year-old victim, in the 4900 block of West Cortez Street.
Police say he was identified as the suspect who, on March 26 around 11:20 p.m., carjacked the 21-year-old victim, in the 1700 block of North Ashland Avenue.
Police say he was identified as the suspect who, on March 6, attacked a 45-year-old woman before taking her car by force, in the 100 block of West Madison Street.
Police are investigating after three people were robbed at gunpoint just minutes apart in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Saturday morning.
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias will announce more than $21 million in grants Thursday.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced a massive $21 million investment in an attempt to pump the brakes on car jackings and vehicle thefts. Giannoulias said that money will go to six police organizations that already target vehicle crimes. So what are they doing with all the money? CBS 2's Sara Machi broke down the numbers.
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias will announce more than $21 million in grants Thursday.
Tavion Jones, 18, was arrested around 11:52 a.m. on Friday by members of the Vehicular Hijacking Task Force, in the 1700 block of West 68th Street.
The Vehicular Hijacking Task Force arrested the 15-year-old on Wednesday, in the 3100 block of West Harrison Street.
Police say he was identified as the person who carjacked the victim, 34, at a gas station on Tuesday, in the 6400 block of West Archer Avenue.
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A 16-year-old boy was arrested and charged in connection to an armed carjacking in the Englewood neighborhood Tuesday.
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There were questions Friday for Volkswagen after a Libertyville mother who was six months pregnant was beaten, carjacked, and run over.
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A statement reads: "Volkswagen takes the safety and security of its customers very seriously. Our thoughts are with the victims and their family." CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
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Three teenage boys were arrested and charged with carjacking a 41-year-old man at gunpoint in the Lawndale neighborhood Saturday.
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