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Number of Chicago Juveniles Arrested for Carjackings Nearly Doubles in 2021

Number of Chicago Juveniles Arrested for Carjackings Nearly Doubles in 2021
A Cook County Sheriff vehicle parks outside Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in Chicago, IL on Aug. 14, 2021. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times
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CHICAGO—The number of juveniles arrested for carjackings during the first half of 2021 in Chicago nearly doubled compared to the same time last year, according to police arrest records obtained by The Epoch Times.

During the first half of 2021, 91 juveniles—aged 17 and under, according to Illinois law—were arrested for carjackings. For the same time last year, the number was about half, at 46.

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