A 33-year-old lady has been ordered detained after prosecutors stated she and an confederate carjacked a mom on the West Facet whereas her 4-year-old son sat within the again seat.
Based on a detention petition, the kid’s 24-year-old mom was sitting within the passenger seat of a operating Hyundai Elantra whereas her boyfriend went inside a retailer within the 2800 block of West Roosevelt Highway. Prosecutors say that’s when Tamika Maclin climbed into the driving force’s seat and began combating the girl.
Moments later, an confederate opened the passenger door, pulled the girl out of the automobile, and threw her to the bottom. Each assailants then sped away within the Elantra with the 4-year-old nonetheless within the again seat. Officers later situated the car close to 2 South Pulaski Highway with the boy nonetheless inside.
Police arrested Maclin on the scene, however the confederate escaped. Throughout questioning, Maclin admitted to taking the car regardless of understanding the boy was inside, prosecutors stated. She additionally allegedly advised investigators her confederate, who stays at giant, had just lately been launched from Prepare dinner County Jail.
The sufferer suffered bruises to the left facet of her physique, however the boy was not bodily harmed, in line with a Chicago police report.
Maclin now faces fees of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a passenger youthful than 18 and aggravated kidnapping of a kid. Decide James Murphy III ordered her detained pending trial.
The case comes simply weeks after prosecutors charged a Gurnee lady with stealing a operating automobile from a Northwest Facet laundromat car parking zone whereas a 2-year-old boy sat within the again seat. In that incident, 35-year-old Mica Finest allegedly deserted the kid on a roadside in Oak Park, the place he was later discovered chilly however not significantly injured.
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