A Galena man who carjacked a lady within the Loop after which crashed the hijacked automobile on the Kennedy Expressway throughout a chaotic getaway in 2024 has been sentenced to jail.
Choose Michael Clancy sentenced Forrest Wagner to 5 years on Monday after the 31-year-old pleaded responsible to 1 rely of vehicular hijacking, in response to courtroom data. With the state’s normal 50% sentence discount and credit score for 530 days earned whereas in jail, Wagner is predicted to be launched on parole in a couple of yr.
The fees stem from an incident in December 2024 that started with a 31-year-old girl sitting within the passenger seat of a 2015 Dodge Dart within the first block of North State Avenue whereas her companion stepped inside a close-by restaurant.
Prosecutors mentioned Wagner approached the automobile, appeared inside, and climbed into the driving force’s seat. When the girl tried to flee, he allegedly pulled her hair and grabbed her to cease her from getting out of the automobile. The girl managed to interrupt free when Wagner launched his grip to lock his seat belt, in response to a CPD report.
The automobile’s proprietor, a 30-year-old man, returned because the hijacking unfolded and tried to tug Wagner from the automobile, prosecutors mentioned. Wagner allegedly struck him earlier than rushing away.
A short while later, an off-duty Chicago police officer noticed the stolen automobile after it collided with a number of automobiles on the outbound Kennedy Expressway between Diversey Avenue and Kedzie Avenue, in response to police. Wagner received out and fled right into a fast-food restaurant in Avondale, the place the off-duty officer and on-duty cops took him into custody.
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