Prosecutors have charged a 16-year-old boy with eight felony counts in connection with an armed robbery and carjacking in Lakeview that left a young couple staring down the barrel of a gun during the June incident.
The charges stem from an incident in the 700 block of West Barry Street around 3:25 a.m. on June 24, when four men confronted a 23-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man, according to the CPD. According to authorities, one of the men grabbed a gun and demanded their possessions as well as the keys to their black Mercedes-Benz sedan. The victims cooperated.
Officers discovered the stolen Mercedes approximately an hour later in an alley behind the 4300 block of West Jackson Boulevard. There were no injuries recorded.
The juvenile was detained on Monday by members of the Citywide Robbery Task Force in the 1100 block of South Hamilton Avenue, which also houses the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center. That signals he has further pending cases, despite the fact that juvenile records are protected from public exposure under state law.
Prosecutors approved charges of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm, vehicular hijacking, armed robbery with a handgun, and aggravated robbery.
Police have not announced any other arrests in the case.
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