Woman Takes Pre-Schoolers' Power Wheels Car: Police

LIBERTYVILLE, IL — The Libertyville Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a woman accused of stealing a Fisher Price Power Wheels Dune Racer from outside a school earlier this month.

The kids' vehicle, which belongs to two 4-year-old residents, was parked outside Butterfield School at about 3:40 p.m. on May 15 when a 2018 or 1029 blue Volkswagen Jetta pulled up, and the driver got out to retrieve it.

In a surveillance video shared on the police department's Facebook page, the woman can be seen lifting the Power Wheels vehicle and putting it into her trunk. She then drives away.

The 4-year-old residents were at a playground at the school with their babysitter when the dune racer was taken. The dune racer is valued at about $250.

The Libertyville Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying the woman "so we can return the Dune Racer to our little residents." Anyone with information that can aid police can call the Libertyville Police Department at 847-362-8310 or e-mail pdinvestigations@libertyville.com.

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