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Boy, 17, charged with carjacking woman on Chicago's South Side

By FOX 32 Digital Staff
Published  December 8, 2021 3:10pm CST
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 32 Chicago

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CHICAGO - A 17-year-old boy has been charged with carjacking a woman on Chicago's South Side.

The teen faces one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm, one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a weapon, one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking - handicapped and two felony counts of possessing, receiving or selling a stolen vehicle.

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Chicago police say the juvenile was identified as the offender who carjacked a woman in the 400 block of East 50th Street on Monday.

The boy was arrested Tuesday in the 700 block of West 47th Street and charged accordingly.