Car Stolen From Woman Visiting Relatives On Thanksgiving: Police

OAK CREEK, WI — Oak Creek police are investigating a Black Friday vehicle theft from a woman who was visiting her relatives in Oak Creek over Thanksgiving.

According to police reports, officers responded to the 9000 block of S. Patricia Blvd. on a report of a vehicle theft just after 7 a.m. on Nov. 24. A 911 caller reported that she went outside and noticed that her car had gone missing from the driveway of the home she was staying at.

Reports indicated that sometime after 3 a.m., her vehicle, a black Ford Edge valued at about $32,000, was stolen out of her relatives' driveway.

Police reported that the car was stolen along with the vehicle's key fob, a purse, several credit cards, and merchandise from Miller/Coors.

The purse was later located by a passerby in a ditch on the 900 block of E. Fitzsimmons Road. There was no indication whether the woman's car was locked at the time of the apparent theft.

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