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Woman charged in East Garfield Park carjacking

By FOX 32 Digital Staff
Published  October 6, 2021 8:27am CDT
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 32 Chicago
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Deja Collins | Chicago police

CHICAGO - A woman was charged in a September carjacking in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.

Deja Collins, 21, was identified by police as one of the people who took a car by force Sept. 19 from a 31-year-old woman in the 3900 block of West Washington Boulevard, police said.

Collins was arrested Tuesday and charged with one felony count of vehicular hijacking with a firearm, police said.

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Collins is due in court Thursday.

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