Man steals, crashes Jeep with two young girls inside Peterson Park – CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) – A man was riding in a stolen vehicle with two young girls inside Peterson Park on Thursday morning.

A woman driving a Jeep Liberty was delivering newspapers around 5 a.m. in the 5600 block of North Sacramento when she got out of the car and let it run with two girls, ages 10 and 12, inside.

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Police said a black sedan, possibly a Dodge Charger, pulled over to the back of the Jeep, and a man entered the moving SUV and took off, with two girls still inside and The sedan followed.

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The offender crashed the Jeep minutes later, at North McCormick’s 6300 block, just outside Bernard Stone Park, less than a mile from where it was stolen. The thief ran away after crashing the SUV.

The young girls were uninjured and lay safe.

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Police are investigating and no one has been detained.