CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - A 13-year-old boy has been charged for assaulting a woman and stealing her car.
According to Chicago police, a woman working for a food delivery service, with her two kids, ages 4 and 7 in the car, was making a delivery on the 600 block of North Christiana at about 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday when the 13-year-old jumped in the car. There was a confrontation and police said the boy hit the woman and took off in her car.
A short time later he bailed out while the car was still moving. The car went over a curb and came to rest along a fence. The kids in the back seat were not hurt. Police said they caught the boy as he was running away.
The boy, whose name was not released because of his age, was arrested and charged with aggravated vehicular highjacking and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
He’s not the youngest person involved in a carjacking in the city this year. They’ve been as young as 11, one, a repeat offender.
Sun-Times Media Wire contributed
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