CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Three teens are charged in the carjacking of a 17-year-old St. Ignatius High School student in the school's parking lot.

The three teens -- a 16 year old and two 17 year olds -- are charged in Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court with robbery, kidnapping, grand theft, obstructing justice and theft. All three have pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The trio stole a 2016 Kia Sportage about 4 p.m. Feb. 22 after the student left lacrosse tryouts and went to the school parking lot on West 30th Street and Lorain Avenue, according to police.

The student told police that he got inside the SUV and started typing out an email on his phone.

Two of the teens walked up to the driver's side door, opened the door and demanded the teen get out and give up his cellphone, according to police. The other stood near the parking lot's exit as a lookout, according to prosecutors.

One of the teens ripped the student out of the car and threw him to the ground, according to police and prosecutors. He also took his cellphone.

The 16-year-old jumped into the driver's side of the door, one the 17-year-old got in the SUV and they picked up the lookout as they sped from the parking lot, according to prosecutors.

The next day, someone posted a photo of the stolen SUV in an attempt to sell it, according to police reports. The photo showed the license plate of the stolen car and police quickly noted it was the car stolen from the St. Ignatius carjacking.

A police officer spotted the stolen SUV 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24 speeding along Quincy Avenue, police reports say. The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority officer spotted the car near East 79th Street and gave chase, police reports say.

The chase ended about two miles away when the SUV turned into a parking lot to the Garden Valley public housing complex. The SUV crashed into a parked car and three younger males got out and ran, according to police.

The officers chased after the trio and arrested the 17-year-old who threw the student to the ground, police reports say. Officers were unable to find the other two that day.

The teen told police that he was inside the SUV, but he didn't realize that it was stolen. He said that he only knew the other two inside the SUV because they were his marijuana dealers, according to police reports.

CMHA police noted that they looked at surveillance photos of the carjacking released by St. Ignatius to the media and that the teen matched the carjacker's height and weight. He also wore the same pants and shoes as the carjacker, police said.

That teen is additionally charged with receiving stolen property.

Investigators later identified the other two inside the SUV at the time of the chase. The 16-year-old's face also matched up with the suspect who jumped into the SUV and sped off, according to prosecutors.

The other two teens were arrested March 3, prosecutors said. One of the teens has a prior conviction for being in a criminal gang, prosecutors said. The 16-year-old had no prior criminal history.

The 17-year-old who ripped the student out of his car has several prior convictions in juvenile court, along with several warrants out for his arrest. He has previous convictions for aggravated robbery when he was 14 years old, and other convictions including receiving stolen property, grand theft of a motor vehicle, menacing and burglary.

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