CHICAGO — Cars have been stolen from Hyde Park at least five times since mid-July, police warned.
Police suggested people not leave their keys inside their cars, warn their neighbors about their thefts and pay attention to "suspicious" people loitering outside, according to a Chicago Police community alert.
The thefts occurred:
• 9-9:45 a.m. July 18 in the 5400 block of South Hyde Park Boulevard
• 2:30-4:55 p.m. July 18 in the 5400 block of South Cornell Avenue
• 9 a.m. July 19 in the 5500 block of South Cornell Avenue
• 10:30 p.m. Thursday-7:58 a.m. Friday in the 5500 block of South Lake Park Avenue
• 3:15-6 p.m. Saturday in the 1500 block of East 55th Street
No description of the thief or thieves was immediately available.
Anyone with information about the thefts was asked to call police at 312-747-8380.
