A West Side man has been charged with carjacking a woman near a busy intersection in Old Town earlier this year. Chicago police found the victim’s car on fire just minutes after the hijacking occurred around 2:41 a.m. on April 26.
Judge Luciano Panici Jr. detained Tyron Rivera, 32, on one count of vehicular hijacking.
According to prosecutors, a 36-year-old woman was seated in her car in the 1600 block of North LaSalle Street when Rivera approached and pointed an object she believed was a firearm. The object turned out to be a phone, prosecutors said. Rivera then violently pulled the woman from her car and drove off in her white 2025 Honda SUV…