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Prosecutors have charged a 19-year-old Chicago man with carjacking a driver at gunpoint while on pretrial release for a pending misdemeanor gun case.

Two Chicago men, including one who was on bail for a Class X felony gun case, have been indicted in federal court in a murder-for-hire scheme that left a man dead outside a youth peace center nearly two years ago.

CHICAGO — Prosecutors have charged two men with robbing a group of victims at gunpoint in Bridgeport on Thursday morning. One of the men, who was AWOL from a pending felony narcotics case, has a significant criminal background and was found not guilty in a murder case one year ago, according to court records.

Two 16-year-old boys are charged with robbing four men during a single holdup in Bridgeport on Thursday morning, Chicago police said. The pair is suspected of participating in other robberies, but no charges have yet been filed in those cases.

A Chicago man with a history of theft and burglary convictions pleaded guilty on Thursday to burglaries in which prosecutors said he stole $85,000 worth of alcohol from three River North restaurants and bars.

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with robbing a woman in Lakeview earlier this year, Chicago police say.

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