Man Charged in Federal Court With Committing Two Carjackings in Chicago

CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has indicted a man on carjacking and firearm charges for allegedly violently stealing two vehicles in Chicago earlier this year.

VIRGIL GIBSON, 22, of Chicago, stole a Chevrolet Malibu on April 7, 2024, and a Kia K5 on April 8, 2024, according to an indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Gibson brandished a firearm in each of the carjackings and forcibly took the vehicles from the drivers, the indictment states. Gibson also confined the driver in the second carjacking against his will and forced him to wire money to Gibson, the indictment states.

The indictment charges Gibson with two counts of carjacking, three counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, one count of robbery, and one count of kidnapping. The charges in the indictment carry a maximum sentence of life in federal prison.

Gibson is currently in law enforcement custody. Arraignment in federal court is set for Aug. 12, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., before U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Kendall.

The indictment was announced by Morris Pasqual, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Christopher Amon, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and Larry Snelling, Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirsten Moran.

The public is reminded that an indictment is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.