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Crime in surging in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago, with carjackings in particular up 126 percent. “The number of carjackings is more than double what it was at this point last year,” FOX News reported. FOX: Another violent weekend in Democrat-run Chicago amid a massive rise in robberies, thefts, batteries, sexual assaults, and carjackings pic.twitter.com/NcdNA22vmA — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 24, 2023 FOX News noted that robbery is up 16 percent, thefts are up 14 percent, and sexual assaults are up five percent in Chicago.

Chicago — A 19-year-old man who was adjudicated delinquent in juvenile court for three carjackings this year and illegal gun possession in 2021 was found carrying a gun during a traffic stop in Chicago this week, prosecutors said. Jamarrie Armstrong was ordered to pay a $3,000 bail deposit to get out of jail on charges of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and possession of cannabis ... Chicago cops saw five passengers climb into an Uber driver’s Kia and pulled the car over for safety and seatbelt violations Tuesday, prosecutor Rhianna Biernat said. She said that some of the four...

Kelvin Blowe was shot and killed in Washington, D.C., on the same day the city council voted unanimously to pass a bill he advocated for that reduces penalties for serious offenses such as robbery, burglary, carjackings, and carrying a firearm without a license. The Washington Post reports Blowe had spent over five years in prison for robbery, and the experience "instilled in him a passion to right inequities he believed he encountered." After getting out, he joined DC Justice Lab, one of the groups that pushed to overhaul the city's criminal code. He testified in support of the proposed bill...

Carjackings at gas stations in Democrat-run Philadelphia are up over 400 percent in 2022 compared to 2021. There were seven carjackings at gas stations in Philadelphia in 2021, and there were already 30 such carjackings by November 14 of 2022, ABC 6 notes. In other crimes, “There have been 69 armed robberies at the pumps this year, compared to 65 in all of last year.”

If you are not alarmed by what is happening to our largest cities, you should check to see if you still have a pulse. Once upon a time, the beautiful new cities that our forefathers constructed were the envy of the entire planet, but now many of them have degenerated into crime-infested hellholes that are absolutely teeming with violent predators. Shoplifting has essentially become a national pastime, open air drug markets operate freely right under the noses of indifferent authorities, and addicts pull down their pants and take a dump whenever and wherever they feel like doing so. Thanks to...

Last year Chicago suffered 1,836 carjackings, or theft of a vehicle from the driver by force. That’s five per day – and dramatically more than in 2010 – when there were 570 carjackings or just one-and-a-half per day. Carjacking is just one of the many ways Chicagoans are victimized by crime. One of the legislative failures contributing to the jump in Chicago carjackings came when lawmakers in 2015 rescinded the right of county prosecutors to charge juvenile carjackers as adults. Juveniles have recently been responsible for nearly half or more of carjackings or carjacking arrests in Chicago. Chicago police say...

DES PLAINES, Ill., March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Cities across the United States have experienced an unprecedented rise in auto thefts and carjackings in recent years. David Glawe, president and CEO of the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), provided comprehensive expert testimony today before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding this complex issue. Cities across the United States have experienced an unprecedented rise in auto thefts and carjackings in recent years In his testimony, Glawe spoke on the staggering increase in auto thefts and carjackings plaguing many states and major cities throughout the United States, the apparent connection...

"Democrat-run cities have seen a shocking spike in carjacking cases over the last year, with some cities seeing the highest number of carjackings in decades. According to an NBC report, carjackings are up "55 percent in New York, 63 percent in Minneapolis, and a staggering 85 percent in Philadelphia," though the report does not specify a timeframe. According to police data obtained by CNN, New York City has seen the number of carjackings within the city quadruple in the last four years. The city recorded more than 500 carjackings in 2021, up from 328 in 2020, 132 in 2019, and...

When a judge sentenced Krisanne Benjamin to more than eight years in federal prison earlier this month for her role in a string of violent carjackings, it marked an important victory for the U.S Attorney’s Office and the FBI in Minnesota. In response to a historic spike in carjackings around the Twin Cities in the last two years, federal agents and prosecutors are stepping into an area of violent crime that had mostly been left up to local authorities to solve in the past.

There were over 100 carjackings in Philadelphia during the first 21 days of 2022. On January 15, 2022, Breitbart News reported there had been at least 90 carjackings during the first two weeks of 2022. There have now been over 100.

Philadelphia witnessed at least 90 carjackings during the first two weeks of 2022 following a sharp increase in 2021. On January 13, 2022, NBC Philadelphia reported 90 carjackings had occurred in the city. FOX News noted that these early 2022 carjackings follow a 2021 that saw a 34 percent increase in carjackings compared to 2020.

BOSTON — The man accused of killing three people during a notorious New England crime spree has died, surrounded by the prison walls he’s been staring at since 2001. Gary Lee Sampson was convicted in the murders of two Massachusetts men, Jonathan Rizzo and Phillip McCloskey, during carjackings in 2001 and for the killing of a New Hampshire man, Robert Whitney. The Bureau of Prisons shows Sampson, inmate number 23976-038, died on December 21 at the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri. In a statement, the BOP said “For safety, security and privacy reasons, this office does not...

One Minneapolis man has taken pains to record all reported carjackings since 2020 on an interactive map. Resident Steve Taylor created the map on Maps.co. It gives users the coordinates where each carjacking occurred, dates and times when they occurred, and even the distance between the locations of the previous and next carjackings. Red pins indicate carjackings in 2021, while yellow pins indicate carjackings in 2020. As of earlier this month, Taylor found that 492 carjackings have taken place in the city of Minneapolis since the beginning of 2021. That’s up around 40% from last year at this time, according...

Violent carjackings shot up 537% in Minneapolis last month compared to data from last November as the city council continues to push defunding the police.

3 Men Blocked I-80 Ramp Before Early Morning Carjacking A report indicates three suspects carjacked a vehicle on the I-80 ramp to I-355 in New Lenox early Saturday morning. By Tim Moran (Patch Staff) - Updated July 23, 2017 12:41 am ET NEW LENOX, IL -- A reported car jacking took place early Saturday morning on an expressway ramp. An incident was reported on police scanner traffic on the westbound Interstate 80 ramp to northbound Interstate 355. Three men were blocking the ramp and asked the victim to use his phone before one of the men approached on the passenger...

New Orleans police identified 15-year-old Ryan Davis as one of the suspected juveniles responsible for a string of armed robberies and carjacking across the city. Police said Wednesday (June 8) that detectives obtained a warrant for Davis' arrest. Once in custody, he is expected to be charged in connection with two carjackings and five completed or attempted armed robberies committed from May 28 to June 1, police said in a press release. The attacks came during a seven-day period in which New Orleans saw 42 armed robberies or carjackings, roughly twice the weekly average during the first three months of...

Chief of Police isn’t a certified officer in Michigan DETROIT, MI - When faced with an attempted carjacking of his unmarked squad car, Detroit Police Chief James Craig just drove away. As it turns out, there isn’t much that the police chief could have done. Why? The chief of police is not a certified police officer in the state of Michigan. Relaying his story to a crowd of about 50 people at a community meeting about Detroit’s carjacking problem, Mr. Craig explained that he “accelerated out of harm’s way,” rather than arresting the suspect. Because Mr. Craig is not certified...

Laredo police are asking for help finding a man who allegedly carjacked a person at gunpoint. It all happened early this morning in downtown Laredo. Authorities say an employee of a downtown Laredo business was carjacked around 5:25 this morning in the 800 block of Santa Ursula. Police say this man, who was caught on surveillance camera, held the victim at gunpoint. Authorities say the suspect took the white 2-door Ford SUV immediately across the bridge into Mexico. If anyone knows who this man is, you are asked to please call police at 795-2800. Calls will remain anonymous.

In years past, it was the Air Jordan sneakers, the Starter jackets, the Eddie Bauer parkas. This year, the fashion accessory most likely to get a teenager beaten up at the bus stop is the North Face jacket. Prince George's County Police announced yesterday the arrest of five suspects in connection with 17 North Face jacket robberies and 13 car thefts in the county. The arrests occurred after the Prince George's County Robbery Suppression Team conducted surveillance for seven days in the Capitol Heights area. The suspects, ages 14 to 18, would approach victims in a stolen vehicle and rob...

The Iraqis: Death threats, kidnappings and car-jackings are dominating lives By Jack Fairweather in Baghdad (Filed: 29/06/2004) The Kamal family want one thing from their new government. "Security," said Sarmad, a 25-year-old doctor. His family nodded in agreement but who should bring this and how forceful an approach should be taken sparks debate, both at the dinner table of this middle-class Baghdad family and across the country. Many Iraqis think that only an iron fist will stop the kidnappings, car-jackings and random death threats that have dominated the lives of Iraqis. Others want snap elections. Some even want the US...