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5 carjackings in 24 hours this weekend across Chicago area
Chicago police are investigating five carjackings in 24 hours from Saturday through Sunday.
A teenage boy was charged with carjacking a woman in the Portage Park area.
Officers said they saw the boy getting out of a car that had been carjacked on West Byron Street near Laramie.
The 16-year-old boy took the vehicle by force from a 31-year-old woman, police said.
He was arrested on Monday at about 2:20 p.m. on West Erie Street near Noble in Noble Square.
The boy was expected to appear in juvenile court Tuesday on one count of aggravated carjacking.