A man who carjacked a woman in Lakeview while on parole for seven armed robberies has been handed a 12-year prison sentence.
Around 5:20 p.m. on February 9, 2021, a 31-year-old woman was waiting for a parking spot to open in a residential driveway in the 600 block of West Iriving Park Road when Marqese Lance allegedly ordered her out of her black Mercedes.
Prosecutors said Lance, 29, approached the woman’s passenger window, pressed a handgun against the glass, and motioned for her to get out. The woman complied, and Lance sped away, crashing into a fence on Frontier Avenue before heading toward Lake Shore Drive.
Police recovered the stolen Mercedes a few days later. Inside, investigators found items that did not belong to the victim, including a gaiter-style face mask. DNA tests linked the mask to Lance, who was charged after the lab results came back a year after the carjacking.
Court records show that Lance was already a convicted armed robber at the time. In 2013, he received seven concurrent 13½-year prison terms for armed robberies. He was out on parole for those crimes when the Lakeview carjacking happened.
Now, Lance has pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular hijacking with a weapon. Judge Steven Watkins sentenced him to 12 years, but the term will be reduced to six years for good behavior. Lance also received 1,230 days of credit for time spent in Cook County Jail. His current parole date is February 28, 2028.
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