CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago man has been charged in a sexual assault and vehicular carjacking in the Fernwood neighborhood earlier this month, police said Thursday.
The suspect, 18-year-old Michael Eldridge, turned himself into police on Wednesday at about 8 p.m. after seeing his picture in a community alert, police said.
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Police said Eldridge approached the 21-year-old victim in the 10100-block of South Parnell Avenue at about 11:20 p.m. on June 9. He then entered her vehicle, robbed her at gunpoint.
Eldridge then told the victim to drive to an alley, where he sexually assaulted her, police said.
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Eldridge has been charged with aggravated vehicular carjacking, sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping and unlawful vehicular invasion. He is scheduled to appear in bond court Thursday.
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Michael Eldridge. (Chicago police)