CHICAGO — Two men, one on parole for four robberies and the other on probation for his fifth felony, are charged with carjacking two drivers at gunpoint just minutes apart in Lakeview. The hijackings occurred in quick succession around 11:50 p.m. last Friday, January 10. We told you about the crimes the next day.
First, two men displayed a gun and took a 58-year-old man’s 2025 Toyota Camry in the 1000 block of West George. Chicago cops later found the vehicle nearby, according to a police spokesperson.
About three minutes after the Camry was taken, the same two men carjacked and robbed a 48-year-old man as he drove in the 3100 block of North Sheffield. Once again, the hijackers displayed a gun as they forced the driver from his Honda CR-V.
It didn’t take long for one of CPD’s helicopter units to locate the hijacked Honda as it exited the Dan Ryan Expressway at 83rd Street. Officers in the air unit followed the car from above and updated ground units on its location, according to arrest reports filed in the case.
The ground units moved in when the Honda stopped in the 8100 block of South May.
Officers arrested Brian Ormond, 26, as he walked away from the vehicle and Rayvonn Sampson, 28, who was still inside the car, according to the reports.
Illinois Department of Corrections records show Ormond was sentenced to two 18-year prison terms and two 15-year terms for four robberies committed in 2017. He was released in June after serving less than half of the time.
Judge Ankur Srivastava noted Ormond’s criminal history—and the fact that those robberies occurred in three different Illinois counties—as he ordered Ormond detained pending trial on two counts of armed vehicular hijacking.
Sampson, Srivastava said, is a five-time convicted felon who’s currently on probation. The judge detained him on the same charges.
