Chicago man gets 40 years for carjacking pregnant woman at gunpoint in Downers Grove driveway

Tuesday, May 2, 2023
WHEATON, Ill. (WLS) -- A Chicago man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for his role in carjacking a pregnant woman at gunpoint in the western suburbs, officials said.

Investigators said three men were behind at least three carjackings in Downers Grove and Warrenville over a two-week period in 2019. One was 17 years old when the crimes happened.
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One of the victims was a pregnant woman. She was carjacked in her driveway on Hawkins Street in December 2019, Downers Grove police said.

Several charged in recent carjackings in Downers Grove, Warrenville, police say


DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said 23-year-old Emanuel Embry, of Chicago, was sentenced to 40 years in prison in connection with that carjacking.

Embry's co-defendant, 22-year-old Daysean Washington-Davis, was also sentenced to 40 years in prison in October 2022.
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The case against another co-defendant, 20-year-old Martavious Robinson, is set to go on trial on June 27.



"In late 2019, within two-weeks' time, Mr. Embry, Mr. Washington-Davis, and allegedly Mr. Robinson terrorized DuPage County residents carjacking multiple victims at gunpoint during their short-lived crime spree," Berlin said.

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