CHICAGO — A 56-year-old Downstate man has been charged with carjacking a woman in Rogers Park nearly two years ago. Chicago police on Tuesday announced vehicular hijacking charges against Carlos Stillwell of Decatur, saying he forced a woman from her car in the 7000 block of North Paulina on April 14, 2023.
Prosecutors are expected to reveal more about the allegations during Stillwell’s detention hearing on Tuesday afternoon.
In a story about the carjacking published hours after it occurred, CWBChicago reported that a 33-year-old woman was in her car when a man walked up and tried to engage her in conversation around 7:16 a.m. He proceeded to open her driver’s side door, then battered her and pulled her from her vehicle, a CPD spokesperson said at the time.
The man jumped behind the wheel of the woman’s SUV and headed south. Chicago cops tracked the vehicle and found it unattended behind the 6200 block of North Clark a short time later, the spokesperson said. The woman’s purse was found near the car, and a clothing item and an earring that may belong to the offender were discovered inside her vehicle. They likely may have come off as the woman and hijacker struggled for control of the car.
CPD officers arrested Stillwell on Monday at the Skokie courthouse. Court records show he was making an initial appearance there on vehicular hijacking charges stemming from an incident in Evanston.
Stillwell received a 21-year sentence for a 2010 armed robbery in Skokie, according to court records.
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