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Cook County sheriff asks for federal help to combat carjacking crisis
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart wants a 24/7 hot line that police can use to legally get tracing data on any stolen vehicle.
CHICAGO - Chicago police are warning residents of the Northwest Side after three recent armed carjackings.
In each incident, a gunman wearing a purple and yellow jacket and a black skullcap enters the passenger side of a vehicle and demands the car at gunpoint, according to a CPD community alert.
The carjackings happened at the following times and locations:
- At 8 p.m. Feb 14 in the 1500 block of North Milwaukee Avenue in Wicker Park
- At 5:28 p.m. Feb 28 in the 1900 block of North Milwaukee Avenue in Bucktown
- At 5 p.m. Feb. 28 in the 1300 block of North Western Avenue in Humboldt Park
Anyone with information is asked to call Area Five detectives at (312) 746-7384.