Crime & Safety

Skokie Man Held For Carjacking Woman; Gets $500,000 Bond

He forced his way into a woman's car in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood, sources said.



Broderick Epps, 18, of Skokie, was held on $500,000 bond after Chicago police arrested him on felony charges of vehicular hijacking, vehicular invasion and unlawful restraint, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. 

A young woman was sitting in her vehicle in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood when Epps forced his way in and implied he had a gun, according to police sources, chicago.cbslocal.com reported. The station said Epps lives in the 4200 block of Main Street, Skokie. His next court date is Jan. 8.

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