CHICAGO – Two men, one on parole for four robberies and the other on probation for his fifth crime, have been charged with carjacking two drivers at gunpoint just minutes apart in Lakeview. The hijackings took place in quick succession last Friday, January 10, around 11:50 p.m. The next day we told you about the crimes.
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 officers 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 into the 3100 block of North Sheffield. Once again, the hijackers showed a gun as they forced the driver out of his Honda CR-V.
It didn’t take long for one of the CPD helicopter units to locate the hijacked Honda as it exited the Dan Ryan Expressway at 83rd Street. Air unit officers tracked the car from above and notified ground units of its location, according to arrest reports filed in the case.
The ground units responded 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 in the car, according to reports.
Illinois Department of Corrections records show Ormond was sentenced to two 18-year prison sentences and two 15-year prison sentences for four robberies committed in 2017. He was released in June after serving less than half the time.
Judge Ankur Srivastava noted Ormond’s criminal history — and the fact that these robberies occurred in three different Illinois counties — when he ordered Ormond held pending trial on two counts of armed vehicle hijacking.
Sampson, Srivastava said, is a five-time convicted felon who is currently on probation. The judge arrested him on the same charges.
