BEVERLY — Surveillance video released Tuesday shows a package thief and young child walking hand-in-hand toward a Beverly home before grabbing two packages and running off to a nearby car.
The theft happened about 4:10 p.m. March 29 in the 9500 block of South Oakley Avenue, according to the Chicago Police Department.
Officers are looking for a black man with a faint goatee. He was captured on camera wearing a gray jacket with a black stripe as he walked hand-in-hand toward the Beverly house with a young child, also dressed in a gray jacket.
After grabbing two boxes from the front porch, the man and child run toward a nearby car, which police described as a small station wagon or SUV.
The homeowners told Fox32 that the packages contained some cosmetics and a toilet part. But mostly they are appalled over the use of a child in a crime.
"I didn't care about the packages but it was that little girl I felt was being corrupted," Esther Brown said.
Her husband, Roy, called the act "brazen."
"I felt violated until I saw the child. You feel heartbroken," he said. "Why would they bring the child to a crime?"
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 312-747-8273.
Watch the video here:
