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Chicago Man Charged in Carjacking of Vehicle Carrying 7-Month-Old

A Saturday detention hearing is set after the Vehicular Hijacking Task Force located the stolen car with the infant unharmed, apprehending the 38-year-old

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – JULY 4: Michael Busch #29 of the Chicago Cubs watches the flight of his third home run of the game in the bottom of the seventh inning of a game against the St Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field on July 4, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Jeremy Ochoa, 38, faces aggravated vehicular hijacking and aggravated kidnapping charges for endangering a child under 13 years old
  • Police say the carjacking occurred around 10:40 a.m. Thursday at a North Lawndale gas station where the baby girl was in the back seat
  • Members of the Chicago Police Department’s Vehicular Hijacking Task Force found the stolen vehicle roughly two hours later on the 6100 block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
  • The 7-month-old was recovered unharmed and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center for precautionary observation
  • Ochoa is due in court Saturday for a detention hearing as prosecutors prepare the case under enhanced child endangerment statutes