Chicago man charged with armed carjacking of 83-year-old woman

Adam Zielinski

CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been charged with carjacking an 83-year-old woman at gunpoint last month in Calumet Heights on the South Side.

Trevon Robinson, 19, was arrested on Tuesday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, according to a statement from Chicago police. He was charged with a felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm.

Police said Robinson was identified as the person who took a vehicle from an 83-year-old woman while armed with a gun in the 1900 block of East 95th Street around 3:10 p.m. on June 8.

<div>Trevon Robinson, 19.</div> <strong>(Chicago Police Department)</strong>
Trevon Robinson, 19.
(Chicago Police Department)

Robinson was taken into custody by the Chicago Police Vehicular Hijacking Task Force and charged accordingly, police said.

He was expected to appear at a detention hearing Thursday.

No further information was immediately available.

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