CHICAGO – Prosecutors say a South Holland man carjacked and kidnapped a delivery man, taking him on a 40-minute horror ride until they finally crashed and the hijacked vehicle caught fire.
The 20-year-old food runner was in the 8200 block of South Marshfield on April 8 when a man confronted him with a knife and ordered him to hand over “all your stuff,” according to a Chicago police report. After forcing the driver into the front passenger seat, the hijacker sped away and onto the Dan Ryan Expressway.
For more than 40 minutes, the car thief sped through the city, pulling out a second, larger knife along the way, the report said.
In the 2300 block of North Harlem, the hijacker lost control and flipped the car, which “exploded” and burst into flames, according to allegations in lawsuits.
The victim suffered third-degree burns to his back, buttocks and ankle and second-degree burns to his left hand.
Police recently identified the hijacker as 28-year-old Trevonte Reynolds. Prosecutors say he pocketed $3,000 during the robbery.
Judge Susana Ortiz granted the state’s detention request and kept Reynolds in jail pending trial. The charges against him include kidnapping by force or threat of force, aggravated vehicle hijacking and criminal damage by fire or explosion.
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