David Johnson, Carjacking, Illinois 2024

A brazen carjacking in Orland Park has resulted in a federal charge against a 23-year-old Chicago man.

David Johnson, 23, of Chicago, has been charged with one count of carjacking in connection with the Friday evening incident, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois.

According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, the victim was sitting in his car parked on the street outside of his home in Orland Park when Johnson approached, pointed a gun at the victim’s head, and demanded the key.

Johnson stole the vehicle and drove it to Chicago, where he crashed into another car in the city’s Morgan Park neighborhood, the complaint states. Johnson then fled on foot and fired a shot at an Oak Forest Police officer who was pursuing him, the complaint states.

Chicago Police officers arrested Johnson a short time later.

Johnson made an initial court appearance Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey T. Gilbert and was ordered to remain detained in federal custody. A preliminary hearing was set for February 26, 2021, at 11:30 a.m.

The carjacking charge is punishable by a maximum sentence of 15 years in federal prison. If convicted, the Court must impose a reasonable sentence under federal statutes and the advisory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sheri Wong and Scott Edenfield. The investigation was conducted by the Oak Forest Police Department, the Chicago Police Department, and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

The public is reminded that a complaint is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

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