Rideshare drivers targeted in string of robberies on South Side of Chicago
In each attack, rideshare drivers would pick up a passenger and take them to their destination, and then the passenger would rob them at gunpoint.
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In each attack, rideshare drivers would pick up a passenger and take them to their destination, and then the passenger would rob them at gunpoint.
A neighbor told CBS 2 the carjackers seemed so young that they struggled to turn on the car.
Jaheim Henyard, 22, pleaded guilty in October to one count of carjacking and two counts of robbery, according to court records.
The incident happened just before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday near Sacramento and Walton in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Police said the plan would use technology, focused missions, public engagement, and accountability as part of a more focused approach to stopping and solving robberies, carjackings, and car thefts.
The officer was held at gunpoint by two men who told him to hand over his weapon. The off-duty officer wasn't hurt.
An off-duty Chicago police officer was robbed of his gun and his car during a carjacking Thursday morning in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood. The officer was held at gunpoint by two men who told him to hand over his gun. The off-duty officer wasn't hurt.
An off-duty Chicago police officer was robbed of his gun and his car during a carjacking Thursday morning in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
Renard McGee, 18, has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated vehicular hijacking, attempted aggravated vehicular hijacking, and aggravated assault.
The woman had just parked outside the AMC Niles movie theater at Golf Mill Shipping Center when she was carjacked Wednesday morning.
It happened Tuesday night outside the Kingsbury Plaza luxury high-rise apartment building.
It happened Tuesday night outside the Kingsbury Plaza luxury high-rise apartment building.
The robbers took the victim's property and drove off in his car, police said.
The man exited his car outside the Kingsbury Plaza luxury high-rise apartment building, at Grand Avenue and Kingsbury Street, when two men came up and demanded his property at gunpoint.
Upon arrival, officers learned that a dark gray 2015 Dodge Durango was taken from a woman, 33, of Waukegan resident who was ordered to take her young son and exit from the vehicle.
In each incident, at least one of the robbers was armed with a handgun, police said.
Litzy Rodriguez, 19, was arrested just after 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the 1600 block of North McVicker Avenue.
According to police, three robbers took a car at gunpoint from one of the victims before driving around and robbing lone pedestrians of their property.
Authorities arrested Marvin Johnson, 22, at his home in the 7800 block of South Essex Avenue on Thursday.
An armed group carjacked a woman only to crash the vehicle multiple times in Rogers Park.
One of the offenders fled the scene in the victim's car. The other three left in a dark-colored sedan.
The victim was sitting in her parked car when four armed males approached and forced her out of the car, police said.
The chase was terminated when the man exited at Cicero into a residential area.
Troopers responded to the location around 4 a.m. for a report of a theft at the 7-Eleven store. When troopers arrived, a man ran out of the convenience store and forced someone at the gas pump to give up their car.
Darnell Ingram, 25, was arrested by members of the Vehicular Hijacking Task Force on Tuesday, in the 6600 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue.
