2 more teens have been charged in a robbery spree and Chicago police car crash near the University of Chicago earlier this week, CPD said.
Kytwone Jenkins, 19, of Chicago and Demereon Jackson, 18, of Chicago were charged with armed robbery. Jenkins also faces various traffic citations, police said Wednesday.
A 17-year-old was previously charged with armed robbery and criminal trespass to a vehicle in connection to the same incidents.Jenkins had robbed a 28-year-old woman at gunpoint in the 5300-block of South Kimbark Avenue, CPD said. Jackson also stole a Kia from a 16-year-old girl at gunpoint in the 4500-block of South Woodlawn Avenue, according to CPD.University of Chicago police said that, in all, five people were robbed in a span of 10 minutes in the incident.They were due in court Wednesday.
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