A 19-year-old man who helped carjack an Uber Eats driver near Goose Island received a nine-year sentence this week after pleading guilty, closing one chapter of a case that showcased how Chicago police helicopters and Illinois State Police troopers work together to apprehend fleeing suspects.
Tayvon Andrews, 19, pleaded guilty this week to aggravated vehicular hijacking and received the sentence from Judge Thomas Byrne, court records show. Andrews will be required to serve 50% of the sentence before becoming eligible for release. His alleged accomplice, David Brantley, also 19, is scheduled to return to court next month for a new plea hearing.
The case stemmed from a December 8, 2024, carjacking that targeted a 25-year-old delivery driver working for Uber Eats. Prosecutors said the driver was sitting in his 2016 Toyota sedan around 8:45 p.m. in the 800 block of West Blackhawk Street when two men approached.
Andrews allegedly displayed a gun while ordering the driver out of the car. Prosecutors said the victim complied, and the men drove off with Brantley behind the wheel and Andrews in the passenger seat…