Charges filed in Brainerd carjacking: Chicago police

Charges have been filed against an 18-year-old man in connection to a carjacking on the South Side last year. 

He was arrested Thursday for a carjacking that took place on June 18, 2022. 

Police say the offender took a 38-year-old woman's car by force in the 1600 block of West 95th. 

The stolen vehicle was later involved in a crash.

Police say the 18-year-old was a minor at the time of the incident and will be charged as a juvenile. 

He was charged with vehicular carjacking and criminal damage over $10,000. 

The offender was scheduled to appear at a juvenile detention hearing today. 

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