Crime & Safety

Thieves Steal Woman's Hyundai Three Times From Same CHA Parking Lot

A Chicago grandmother has had her Hyundai stolen not once, not twice, but three times from the same parking lot.

(CBS News Chicago)

August 25, 2023

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Chicago grandmother has had her Hyundai stolen not once, not twice, but three times from the same parking lot.

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Helen Chambers said the situation is so bad that her grandson is taking the battery out of her vehicle. Chicago police have recovered her now badly damaged car every time, but she's worried the next time it will be gone for good.

Chambers said she didn't even know her 2020 Hyundai Tucson had been stolen from her handicapped spot in the Patrick Sullivan Senior Apartments parking lot on the West Side the first time it happened in June.

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