Nov. 30--Three Chicago teens allegedly robbed a person on the street and then hijacked a vehicle Friday in south suburban Calumet City.
The three teens appeared in bond court Saturday, and all were charged with armed robbery and aggravated vehicle hijacking with a firearm, according to court documents.
The teens are Cragg D. Hardaway, 19, of the 100 block of East 105th Street, Isaiah Hicks, 18, of the 6900 block of South Parnell Avenue, and Cailyn Hicks-Lewis, 18, of the 10600 block of South LaSalle Street, all in Chicago. Hardaway and Hicks were ordered held in lieu of $100,000 bond, while Hicks-Lewis was held in lieu of $40,000 by Cook County Judge James Brown.
Hicks-Lewis allegedly was driving a Jeep in Calumet City, stopping to let Hardaway, Hicks and another subject who has not yet been arrested out in the 1600 block of Sibley Boulevard. The three had a gun when they threatened to shoot a male victim on the street, taking his wallet and $40, according to Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Jason Coelho.
The three got back into the Jeep, with Hicks-Lewis driving, and came upon a 2014 Mazda 6. Some of the teens decided to steal it, according to Coelho. At that point, the three people in the Jeep, including Hicks-Lewis carrying a gun, approached the vehicle and took a wallet and $200 from one of its two occupants before entering the car and driving away with it, according to Coelho.
Police were notified and were able to track down both vehicles. Hicks and Hardaway fled on foot but were found later, while Hicks-Lewis remained on the scene, according to Coelho.
Hicks and Hardaway gave statements to authorities about their involvement in the robberies, while Hicks-Lewis was identified by victims of the hijacking, Coelho said.
Hicks and Hardaway are seniors in high school, according to statements from the public defender's office in court Saturday.
An attorney for Hicks-Lewis, Travis Richardson, said in court that she is a nursing student at Southern Illinois University and agreed with Brown when he said it sounds like Hicks-Lewis was hanging out with the "wrong crowd."
