ADDISON, IL – Two teens were arrested Sunday after an armed carjacking at the Marcus Cinema in Addison, authorities said.The suspects were a 17-year-old boy from Bensenville and a 16-year-old boy from Willowbrook, DuPage County prosecutors said in a news release. Another suspect is at large.About 7:30 p.m., a man got out of his 2014 white Infiniti and walked around the car to open the door for a woman, who was a passenger, police said.Three armed, mask-wearing suspects, including the two teens, got out of a gray Do...
ADDISON, IL – Two teens were arrested Sunday after an armed carjacking at the Marcus Cinema in Addison, authorities said.
The suspects were a 17-year-old boy from Bensenville and a 16-year-old boy from Willowbrook, DuPage County prosecutors said in a news release. Another suspect is at large.
About 7:30 p.m., a man got out of his 2014 white Infiniti and walked around the car to open the door for a woman, who was a passenger, police said.
Three armed, mask-wearing suspects, including the two teens, got out of a gray Dodge Challenger parked a few spaces away, the news release said.
They ordered the man to give up his keys and everything in his pockets, and one of them pointed a gun at the woman, police said.
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The suspects left in the Infiniti and Dodge. Shortly after, officers found the Infiniti driving east on Lake Street near Villa Avenue. They activated their lights and sirens, but the driver did not stop and officers ended the pursuit on Interstate 290, police said.
About 8:30 p.m., Addison officers found the Dodge traveling west on Interstate 290 near Austin Boulevard. The Dodge's driver exited the expressway at 17th Avenue and continued with Elmhurst and Addison officers following, police said.
Officers tried to box in the Dodge at Roosevelt Avenue and Harlem Avenue in Oak Park, but the driver struck an unmarked squad car and then fled, police said.
Officers then successfully boxed in the Dodge near Interstate 290 and First Avenue and arrested the suspects.
The Infiniti was found in Maywood minutes later.
Searching the Dodge, officers found a Glock handgun that had a switch to make it fully automatic and a defaced serial number, prosecutors said. They also discovered a Glock 23 .40-caliber handgun with an extended magazine loaded with 23 bullets and one in the chamber and a Smith & Wesson M&P 40 9mm handgun, police said.
"The brazen, armed carjacking allegedly committed by these two juvenile defendants at a popular movie theater is unconscionable," DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in the news release. "Violent crimes such as alleged in this case have an incredibly crippling effect on not just the immediate victims, but the entire community as well leaving entire neighborhoods fearful for their personal safety."
The teens face felony charges of carjacking and armed robbery with a firearm.
They are set to be jailed until their next court appearance.