Woman Jumps Onto SUV To Stop Car Theft, Succeeds: Report

WAUWATOSA, WI -- It can only take a few seconds for a car thief to steal an unlocked - or running vehicle. One Wauwatosa resident learned that the hard way this week after authorities in Wauwatosa say a woman jumped onto her SUV in an attempt to prevent it from being stolen from her own driveway.

According to a CBS 58 report, the brazen move frightened the two suspects away.

Wauwtosa resident Katie Diederich said she was going to pick up her son from school at 3 p.m. on Monday. She went back inside to get something, only to notice that her SUV was starting to roll back out of the driveway - with somebody else inside. Diederich said she jumped onto the corner of her car and held on, making eye contact with one of the car thieves while also screaming.

Read more about this story here. Police have warned resident that car thieves are on the lookout for easy targets: unlocked cars parked outside, and vehicles with keys left in them.

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