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Teen boy charged with attempted carjacking in Montclare: police

The 16-year-old is due in bond court May 11.

By Jermaine Nolen

Seven people were killed including five children in a crash July 31, 2022 in McHenry County. — A 16-year-old boy has been charged with an attempted carjacking April 20, 2021, in the 6800 block of West George Street.

A teenaged boy has been charged with an attempted carjacking Tuesday in Monclare on the Northwest Side.

The 16-year-old was arrested about 10:40 a.m. in the 2700 block of North Oak Park Avenue, and charged with a felony count of attempted vehicular hijacking, Chicago police said.

About twenty minutes prior, the boy allegedly tried to take a vehicle at knife-point from a 38-year-old man in the 6800 block of West George Street, police said.

The boy is due in bond court May 11.

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