17-year-old boy charged in 11 carjackings, including 9 in one day

CHICAGO (CBS) — A 17-year-old boy is facing multiple felony charges, after police say he was arrested in a string of nearly a dozen carjackings on the South Side.

Chicago Police said the boy was arrested by the Vehicular Hijacking Task Force on Tuesday near 65th and Rockwell, after he was identified as one of the people responsible for 11 carjackings at gunpoint this month, including nine in a single day:

• The carjacking of a 35-year-old woman in the 6600 block of South Albany Avenue on Aug. 18;
• The carjacking of a 33-year-old woman in the 6700 block of South Washtenaw Avenue on Aug. 20;
• The carjacking of a 66-year-old woman in the 6600 block of South Artesian Avenue on Aug. 20;
• The carjacking of a 40-year-old woman in the 8400 block of South Sangamon Street on Aug. 20;
• The carjacking of a 45-year-old woman in the 5700 block of South Richmond Street on Aug. 20;
• The carjacking of a 26-year-old man in the 5600 block of South Albany Avenue on Aug. 20;
• The carjacking of a 50-year-old man in the 6500 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Aug. 20;
• The carjacking of a 21-year-old woman in the 2900 block of South Union Avenue on Aug. 20;
• The carjacking of a 58-year-old man in the 3400 block of West 72nd Street on Aug. 20;
• The carjacking of a 33-year-old man in the 8000 block of South Campbell Avenue on Aug. 20;
• The carjacking of a 49-year-old woman in the 8700 block of South Vincennes Avenue on Aug. 30.

The boy has been charged with 11 counts of aggravated vehicular hijacking and two counts of felony property damage.

Court information was not immediately available.

Source: ChicagoCBS