Man steals, crashes Jeep with 2 young girls inside

CHICAGO (CBS)– A antheral took disconnected successful a stolen conveyance with 2 young girls wrong successful Peterson Park connected Thursday morning.

A pistillate driving a Jeep Liberty was delivering newspapers astir 5 a.m. successful the 5600 artifact of North Sacramento, erstwhile she got retired of her conveyance and near it moving with her 2 girls, ages 10 and 12, inside.

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Police said a achromatic sedan, perchance a Dodge Charger, pulled up down the Jeep, and a antheral got into the moving SUV and took off, with the 2 girls inactive inside, and the sedan following.

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The offender crashed the Jeep respective minutes later, successful the 6300 artifact of North McCormick, conscionable extracurricular of Bernard Stone Park, little than a mile and a fractional distant from wherever it was stolen. The thief ran disconnected aft crashing the SUV.

The young girls were not injured and were located safely.

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Police are investigating and nary 1 is successful custody.

CBS 2 Chicago Staff