Teen boy, 15, charged with Humboldt Park carjacking

The boy took a 36-year-old woman’s vehicle by force Jan. 20 in the 2500 block of West Chicago Avenue, according to Chicago police.

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A teenage boy was charged with carjacking a woman Jan. 20, 2021, in Humboldt Park.

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A 15-year-old boy was charged Wednesday with a carjacking last month in Humboldt Park on the West Side.

The boy, 15, entered a 36-year-old woman’s Subaru sedan, forced her out and drove away in the car about 9:50 p.m. Jan. 20 in the 2500 block of West Chicago Avenue, according to Chicago police.

The boy was arrested about 11:45 a.m. Wednesday in Washington Park and charged with felony vehicular hijacking, police said.

He will appear in juvenile court Thursday.

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