13 vehicles stolen last month from Dearborn Homes development, CPD community alert says

All vehicles were locked, parked on street, police say

13 cars stolen last month from Dearborn Homes on South Side: CPD alert
Chicago police are alerting residents of the Dearborn Homes of at least 13 car thefts last month.
ByABC 7 Digital Team WLS logo
Sunday, September 4, 2022

CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least 13 cars were stolen last month at the Dearborn Homes on the city's South Side, according to Chicago police.

CPD released a community alert on Saturday for the residents of the Chicago Housing Authority development.

In all of the incidents, an unknown offender somehow breaks into a locked vehicle and takes off with it, according police said. All the stolen vehicles have been parked on the street.

The first incident happened midnight Aug. 3 in the 29-hundred block of South Federal. The most recent incident happened around 6:50 a.m. on Aug. 31, in the 2900 block of South State.

So far, there is no description or information about the suspects.

Anyone with information is asked to call Area Three Detectives as 312-744-8263.

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