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Chicago police say carjackings are down, but another crime is exploding
In Cook County, carjackings are down 30 percent but something else is on the rise.
CHICAGO - A teenage boy has been charged with carjacking a 75-year-old woman Wednesday in the Stony Island Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side.
The 17-year-old was allegedly one of several suspects who took a vehicle at gunpoint from the woman in the 1900 block of East 87th Street, police said.
The boy was arrested around 7:29 p.m. in the 8500 block of South Kingston Avenue in South Chicago.
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He was charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of weapon, both felonies.
The boy, who has not been identified because of his age, is scheduled to appear in juvenile court Thursday.