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5 teens charged with Sunday night carjacking

The suspects, all from East St. Louis, were charged Monday with robbery and armed criminal action in connection with the carjacking of a woman.
Five teens have been charged in connection with a carjacking in the Baden neighborhood Sunday night. Michael Gayden-Smith(Top L), Martel Gordon(Top M), Keyshaun Lavon Jenkins(Top R), Breon Allen(Bottom L) and Marcus T. Stewart(Bottom R) were charged.

ST. LOUIS – Five teens have been charged in connection with a carjacking in the Baden neighborhood Sunday night.

The suspects, all from East St. Louis, were charged Monday with robbery and armed criminal action in connection with the carjacking of a woman. They were identified as Marcus T. Stewart, 19, Martel Gordon, 18, Michael Gayden-Smith, 18, Keyshaun Lavon Jenkins, 17, and Breon Allen, 17.

Charging documents said the woman was getting out of her car on the 1200 block of Baden Avenue when she was approached by three people with guns. They demanded her keys, but while she was trying to hand them over, one of the suspects hit her in the head and knocked her to the ground, the charging documents said. They continued to hit her until they took her keys and phone and drove off in her car.

About 30 minutes later, police spotted the car, according to the charging documents, and tried to stop it. The driver fled from the police until crashing. Five people got out of the car and ran off, but were taken into custody.

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