carjacking

Surveillance video shows two women getting carjacked overnight just outside of Merkle’s Bar and Grill in Wrigleyville.

Calls for a national carjacking hotline are growing as Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker could sign a law that would expand law enforcement’s access to tracking stolen vehicles, NBC Chicago’s Kye Martin reports.

Authorities from the Montgomery County Department of Police in Maryland arrested two teenagers for a “strong-arm” carjacking Saturday.

Chicago police have issued an alert about a string of robberies and carjackings on the North Side, some of which took place just minutes apart from each other.

Chicago police are warning residents of a recent string of reported robberies in West Ridge, NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

A teen was arrested for allegedly pushing an 82-year-old man to the ground before carjacking him last month in Lauderdale Lakes, authorities said.

Police are investigating after shots were fired during an attempted carjacking in Mount Prospect Thursday morning, officials said.

An Illinois State Police trooper was injured early Wednesday when he crashed his vehicle after chasing a suspected stolen car in Chicago’s Burnside neighborhood, according to officials.

An Illinois State Trooper was injured in Chicago’s Burnside neighborhood after crashing into a tree while attempting to follow a carjacked vehicle. Evrod Cassimy has more.

A Hyundai was stolen on Chicago’s North Side Tuesday in a crime strikingly similar to a viral TikTok challenge that has targeted older Hyundais and Kias, NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports.

Three teenagers are facing charges after allegedly trying to rob an off-duty Chicago police officer and steal his car Thursday in the Calumet Heights neighborhood.

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The incident came hours after the Cook County Sherriff announced a crackdown on vehicular hijackings.

An off-duty Chicago police officer was unharmed after an exchange of gunfire with a suspect during a carjacking in Calumet Heights Thursday evening, NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

An off-duty Chicago police officer was unharmed after an exchange of gunfire with a suspect during a carjacking in Calumet Heights Thursday evening, according to police.

After several recent and brazen carjackings in Chicago — including one incident captured on video that took place in broad daylight on the Dan Ryan Expressway — the Cook County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday is expected to announce an “anti-carjacking initiative” meant to crackdown on the crimes. Lauren Petty has more.

In 2021 alone, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office confirms that Chicago saw 2,098 incidents of vehicular hijacking.

After a video of a brazen carjacking on the Dan Ryan Expressway went viral, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office is set to announce an expansion to an anti-carjacking initiative that began last year, NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

After a brazen carjacking-turned-crash in broad daylight on the Dan Ryan Expressway was captured in a viral video, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office is slated to announce a renewed crackdown on carjacking on Thursday morning.

An ironworker from Joliet has heard stories about people being carjacked in Chicago before, but he never imagined he’d be a witness to one on a Friday morning on the Dan Ryan Expressway. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.