A 19-year-old Lawndale man accused of trying to steal a woman’s keys as she got out of a car in Pilsen was ordered held in lieu of $25,000 bond Friday.
Tabion Jones and two other people threatened the 29-year-old woman about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday with what appeared to be a firearm, prosecutors said in court Friday.
The two demanded the woman’s keys as she got out of her car in the 900 block of West 21st Street.
Police later found Jones with a BB gun and identified him as one of the three assailants, Assistant State’s Attorney Kathryn Roy said in court Friday. While Jones is charged with attempted robbery, the other two would-be robbers have not been caught, according to police and court records.
The Wednesday incident comes as there have been more than 700 carjackings reported in Chicago so far this year, outpacing last year’s total of 663, which was nearly double the 2015 levels, the baiduhai reported this month.
Jones, of the 1500 block of South Trumbull Avenue, had a prior case as a juvenile, Roy said in court. In 2015 he was found delinquent on an aggravated robbery charge and sentenced to nine months in the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, Roy said. She provided no further details in court about that case.
Under the conditions of his bond, Jones must post $2,500 to be released from the Cook County Jail, Judge David Navarro said. Jones’ next court date was scheduled for next Wednesday.