Crime & Safety
Family Reunited After Car Stolen With Child Inside In Wheaton
Police say the car had a child inside when it was stolen while left running outside of the UPS store in Wheaton.
WHEATON, IL — A young child who was inside a car that was stolen in Wheaton Monday morning has been reunited with their family safely.
The car had been left running outside the UPS store at 20 Danada Square West. Police say a man drove off in the car around 9:30 a.m. and then left the child in the parking lot of a nearby business. He then fled west on Butterfield from the Danada Square Shopping Center.
The car, a white 2014 Honda Pilot with Illinois license plate BB35876, was last spotted in Aurora near I-88 and Farnsworth. Police are still looking for the suspect, who was described a white man in his 30s or 40s, standing around 5 feet 9 inches tall, with a skinny build and stubbly facial hair. He was last seen wearing a dark jacket and dark pants.
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Anyone with information is urged to contact Support Division Lieutenant Ryan Conway at 630-260-2079.
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