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Chicago Charges Three Teens in Under-Hour Armed Robbery Spree

Helicopter tracking complemented victim testimony to help investigators secure felony hijacking charges against the three teens

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Overview

  • Chicago police say three males used a stun gun at 6:30 a.m. on June 12 in Oakland to forcibly take a woman’s vehicle after demanding her keys
  • The suspects carried out four additional stun gun armed robberies with the stolen car, ending at 7:10 a.m. when they crashed in Riverdale
  • The Chicago Police Department’s Helicopter Unit tracked the stolen vehicle to Riverdale, where SWAT and 5th District officers arrested the teens as they fled into a nearby home
  • Each teen—a 13-year-old, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old—is charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking, armed robbery with a firearm, robbery with another weapon, attempted armed robbery and aggravated battery
  • Investigators from the Citywide Robbery Task Force relied on victim statements, surveillance video and physical evidence to underpin the multiple felony counts against the suspects