Car Thieves As Young As 10, Cops Say

CHICAGO — Children as young as age 10 were involved in a string of stolen car reports in Beverly and Mount Greenwood earlier this month, according to a police description. Seven car thefts were reported in the 22nd District neighborhoods between June 19 and June 26.

Victims were either at a gas station or delivering food when the thieved jumped in their cars and fled the area, police said. In one case, the thieves pulled alongside a woman in traffic "with a ruse of something wrong with the victim's tire," causing her to pull over.

Three reports were made in the 9900 block of South Western Avenue, of where there is a Shell gas station. Another report was made in the 10300 block of Western, while two others occurred in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood.

The thieves were described by police as multiple boys and men between the ages of 10 and 20.