Jeff Pettiford says his family was “shaken up and anxious” when his wife and daughter were attacked and two of their cars stolen in a period of two weeks. “It was kind of surreal,” Pettiford told the Sun-Times.
Authorities have charged two South Deering men in connection with a Nov. 2 carjacking that rocked the Beverly neighborhood. Chicago police said Damarri Conner, 20, and Kenneth Merritt, 26, were the men who took a car and personal belongings at gunpoint from a mother and daughter on the 9300 block of South Pleasant Avenue on Nov. 2. Conner faces one charge of aggravated vehicular hijacking, two .
2 Charged In 'Appalling' Armed Carjacking In Beverly - Beverly-MtGreenwood, IL - The pair are alleged to have returned to the Beverly family's home a second time in two weeks, stealing a second car using stolen key fobs.