Prosecutors say John Daniels, 19, an 11-year-old boy and another person approached the 59-year-old victim as he was getting something from his trunk in the Buena Park neighborhood Saturday. One of them punched him in the face, breaking his orbital bone.
“Police say Daniels then took the keys from the victim and they drove off.
Two hours later, a license plate reader identified the victim’s vehicle as being stolen. Officers followed. Daniels crashed the victim’s vehicle into a metal fence and they were eventually captured…
According to data obtained by the CBS 2 Investigators through the Freedom of Information Act, since 2015 Chicago Police have handled at least 65 cases in which an adult was arrested with a juvenile for carjacking. There were nine such reports in 2020. And so far in 2021 there have been at least five…
A Cook County judge denied bail for Daniels Monday. Prosecutors said he had a pending felony theft case for which he failed to appear in court. He also had a prior carjacking case in February, but the victim declined to pursue charges.
The judge said he denied bond, in part, because of Daniels’ involvement with that 11-year-old boy saying, you “…have a responsibility as an adult in our society to lead young men like that on the straight and narrow path. The example you set on that date was not one of good. It was one of malice.”
That 11-year-old boy will face charges here in juvenile court but his first appearance won’t be until next month.”