Car Stolen In Oak Creek Was Left Running, Unlocked: Report

OAK CREEK, WI — Another vehicle was reported stolen in Oak Creek, and according to reports, it was another case where a driver left their running car unlocked.

Oak Creek police responded to the Apartment Homes of Wildwood, in the 8000 block of S. Wildwood Drive just before 4:30 a.m. on April 10 on a report of a stolen vehicle.

According to police reports, a woman called the police, saying that her vehicle was stolen within the last five minutes and that the keys were in the car and that she left her car running when she went inside her residence. When she came back outside, her car was gone, she said.

The vehicle was described as a two-door white vehicle with tinted windows and black rims. The vehicle was valued at $12,000.

According to police reports, Milwaukee police were involved in a vehicle pursuit later that evening involving the vehicle, though the pursuit was terminated on I-43 at National Ave. in the south lanes.

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