Pair of teens charged with stealing car at gunpoint in South Chicago
Mercedes Jones (left) and Randle Archie
CHICAGO - Two 18-year-olds were charged in connection to an armed carjacking in South Chicago Friday night.
Randle Archie and Mercedes Jones were arrested about 15 minutes after they allegedly took a vehicle from a 37-year-old man.
Police said the victim was in the 8100 block of South Escanaba Avenue around 8:15 p.m. when Archie and Jones demanded his car at gunpoint.
They were arrested a few blocks away around 8:30 p.m. Police found a gun during the arrests.
Archie and Jones were both charged with felony vehicular hijacking with a firearm. Archie was also charged with unlawful use of a loaded weapon without a FOID card.
They were scheduled to appear in court on Sunday for a detention hearing.