Oak Creek Car Theft Linked To Previous Burglary: Report

OAK CREEK, WI -- Police in Oak Creek say that an apparent vehicle theft may have been linked to a previous vehicle-break in earlier in the month.

Police responded to a home on the 8600 block of S. Ventana Drive just after 6 a.m. on Oct. 27 on a report of a vehicle theft.

According to police reports, a woman called authorities, saying that her blue 2017 Ford Fusion was left parked and locked in an underground parking garage.

Police reported that the vehicle's owner last saw her car the night before at about 8 p.m. She said her car was worth about $25,000. Her car was also described as having front and rear license plates, tinted windows and minor damage to the front driver's side area near the headlamp.

The woman told police that her vehicle had been broken into on Oct. 16, at which time an extra set of keys may have been stolen from the inside.

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