Car Thieves Stole Lincoln Park Woman's SUV, Led Police Chase on South Side and Left it Smelling Like Smoke

CHICAGO, IL - One of three police chases to hit Chicago and the nearby suburbs Wednesday night began in Englewood and progressed through south suburban Markham and Hazel Crest.

The vehicle used by the fleeing men is a 2009 Ford Escape owned by Lincoln Park resident Alex Sparkman, ABC-7-Chicago reports, and even though it has been returned to its rightful owner, Sparkman will probably unload it as soon as she can.

"It's dirty," she said of the vehicle stolen from outside her Lincoln Park condo last week. "They used my car handles as ashtrays, there was candy wrappers, a lot of stolen goods."

The four offenders were arrested near a car dealership in Hazel Crest. The car was sent to a police station in Englewood, where Sparkman had to pick it up on Thursday.

"The inside is nothing like the last time I saw it," she said. "It smells like smoke and other horrible things so it's just not a good situation."

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