Crime & Safety
Accused Kidnappers Told Driver to Take Them to ATM: Police
Two men showed the driver a handgun before ordering him to drive them to an ATM, police report.
A Chicago man in a parked car was reportedly approached by two men with a handgun Jan. 31 in the 100 block of Garfield Street in Oak Park.
The men ordered the driver to take them to an ATM, according to Oak Park police.
Jabez M. Slaughter, 18 of the 8200 block of Kilpatrick in Skokie, was arrested and charged with aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated kidnapping with a firearm, Oak Park police reported, after the driver identified him.
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The Chicago Tribune reports a second man, Quishun Q. Jones, 21 of Chicago, was also arrested in connection to the kidnapping, and he was also charged with aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated kidnapping with a firearm.
Oak Park Detective Sgt. Michael Lepczynski told the Tribune the driver contacted a Chicago police officer while they were stopped at a red light before reaching an ATM.
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Photo: Jabez M. Slaughter, courtesy of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.
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