Carjackers beat man, steal SUV at Wicker Park gas station
A group of carjackers beat a man and stole his SUV at a Wicker Park gas station early Tuesday morning.
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A group of carjackers beat a man and stole his SUV at a Wicker Park gas station early Tuesday morning.
Our non-stop news crews spotted several Chicago police officers Monday night outside a parking garage near Lake and Wells.
Our non-stop news crews spotted several Chicago police officers Monday night outside a parking garage near Lake and Wells.
Charges were pending late Monday, and Area Three detectives are investigating.
Police said two gunmen shot the victims when they tried to drive away from an attempted carjacking.
One man is dead and a woman is in the hospital after an attempted carjacking in the Bronzeville neighborhood. Police said, around 12:10 a.m., the victims were in a black sedan in the 4900 block of South Calumet Avenue, when two gunmen approached them and tried to steal their vehicle.
One man is dead and a woman is in the hospital after an attempted carjacking in the Bronzeville neighborhood.
On Thursday, police arrested Edmund Singleton, 32, in the 800 block of East 90th Place in Chatham.
The robberies all happened within a short time Wednesday.
The 16-year-old was also charged with possessing a stolen firearm, while the 13-year-old was charged with aggravated assault on a peace officer.
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The Vehicular Hijacking Taskforce arrested Marquell Davis, 21, on Wednesday, in the 2600 block of South California Avenue.
A man in a construction van told CBS 2 he was at a stop light around 6:00 this morning when two men came up, one armed with a baseball bat.
The men opened his door at Washington and Jefferson and tried to take the van. The victim, a former Marine, said he used his front door to knock one of the offenders over.
The robberies happened in the afternoon and evening hours during the months of March and April.
Two teenage boys are facing multiple charges in connection with robberies and carjackings in Logan Square on Thursday.
Two teenage boys are facing multiple charges in connection to a series of robberies and carjackings in the Logan Square neighborhood.
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.
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