Officers responded around 8:30 a.m. to a report of a multi-vehicle crash in the 4900-block of West Warwick Avenue in the city's Portage Park neighborhood.
Police said the car owner was warming up the vehicle and left the keys inside.
The female suspect allegedly jumped into the running car and crashed it into five parked cars and a house on the same block.
The suspect was taken into custody. No one was hurt.