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Teenage Carjacker Says, 'I'm Denzel Washington... Now Drive'

By Amy Cavanaugh in News on Mar 9, 2013 5:00PM

This is a new one. On Sunday, 16-year-old Perry Wilkerson kidnapped a 24-year-old woman from a West Side gas station by jumping into her car, holding a semi-automatic pistol to her head, and saying, "I'm Denzel Washington, bitch. Now drive," according to Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Melissa Samp.

Samp says that the woman complied, then when she saw Wilkerson trying to put a clip in his gun, she slowed the car down to 10 mph and jumped out. Wilkerson got into the driver's seat and drove off. Then the woman called 911 and Wilkerson was arrested after he left the vehicle and ran into a parking lot in the 3900 block of West Washington. He was charged as an adult with aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm and is being held in lieu of $300,000 bail.