Crime & Safety

Teen Charged With Carjacking Elderly Woman On Chicago's South Side

The 16-year-old boy is charged with one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking and one misdemeanor count of reckless conduct.

(CBS Chicago)

December 28, 2023

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 16-year-old boy has been charged with carjacking an elderly woman at gunpoint in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.

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Police said the boy was arrested shortly after 1:30 p.m. in the 700 block of West 81st Street after he was identified as one of the carjackers who stole a 78-year-old woman's vehicle at gunpoint minutes earlier near 76th and Eggleston.

The boy is charged with one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking and one misdemeanor count of reckless conduct.

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