15 years for carjacking a man while Chicago cops shined their squad car spotlight on him

A man who carjacked an acquaintance while Chicago police officers were literally shining a spotlight on him in Back of the Yards has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

We first told you about Datilion Kelly’s case back on February 1, just days after the brazen hijacking. Now, the 29-year-old has pleaded guilty, an unusually swift resolution for Cook County’s notoriously sluggish court system.

According to police, Kelly met a 21-year-old man online earlier this year and the two agreed to meet in the 5400 block of South Hoyne to “socialize and consume cannabis together” inside the younger man’s car…

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