A Chicago man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a violent string of robberies and attempted carjackings in the Loop in late 2023.
Prosecutors said 27-year-old Terry Ivory punched and beat two older victims, tried to steal their cars, and robbed one of them of her purse. He also swiped a woman’s iPhone from a CTA train the day before the Loop attacks.
Court records show Ivory pleaded guilty to attempted vehicular hijacking, robbery, and robbery of a victim over 60 before Judge Timothy Joyce, who ordered him to serve three concurrent seven-year terms.
Around 12:25 p.m. on December 2, 2023, Ivory approached a 61-year-old man sitting in his Toyota Prius inside a parking garage on the 800 block of South Wabash Avenue and reached for the victim’s phone, prosecutors said. When the man resisted, Ivory repeatedly punched him, then climbed into the driver’s seat. But he couldn’t drive off because the victim still had the car keys.
Roughly 20 minutes later, authorities said, Ivory targeted a 69-year-old woman who was loading items into her Honda Fit on the 800 block of South Michigan Avenue. He allegedly climbed into the driver’s seat and struggled with her, but eventually left, only to return and threaten to punch her if she didn’t hand over her belongings. As the woman tried to comply, Ivory punched her in the face, knocking her down, before taking her purse and fleeing, prosecutors said.
Officials said he was also responsible for stealing a woman’s iPhone aboard a CTA train at State-Lake on the day before those robberies.
Chicago police arrested Ivory days later and allegedly found him still carrying the 69-year-old woman’s identification, credit cards, and Ventra card.
His sentence will be cut in half with good behavior credit, setting his parole date for June 4, 2027.
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