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Intoxicated man attempts to steal car near Northwest HighwayChicago IL

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audio iconMotor Vehicle Theft
N Northwest Hwy, Chicago, IL 60631

According to the dispatch call, an intoxicated man wearing a green coat and jeans was seen attempting to steal a vehicle near Northwest Highway. The man had been kicked out of the restaurant Firewater after disturbing customers and then tried to steal a worker's car.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 01
Listen to dispatch call
03:29
Transcript:
00:00
Hey, unit's over on Ashgash.
00:02
I'm getting a call about the same guy.
00:04
Near Northwest Highway.
00:07
They said that the male curly hair, green coat, jeans, just trying to jump into a French car.
00:12
He's walking south on Northwest Highway.
00:20
2162 and 06 Charlie you copy? We're running.
00:31
1612 coming from the station.
00:33
Oh,
00:37
yeah. Centaur.
00:44
1521. 21.
00:45
21.
00:48
What, do you guys clear it from the head desk?
00:54
No, I think Skokie has to?
00:59
No, we still have to do a recovery here, but...
01:05
We still have to do a report, but the hole is here, so we cleared it and they sent a hole.
01:11
Is that confirmed?
01:13
The toll guy...
01:19
16.06, what was the address he was supposed to be at?
01:23
The last location was near Northwest Highway.
01:28
And he was going southbound.
01:36
1634.
01:38
34.
01:41
34. 34.
01:43
Domestic, 7,500 Black of West Forest Preserve.
01:46
All of a sudden, there's large arguing in she's having a dispute with her son.
01:50
Um,
01:52
nothing further on that.
01:57
And 4 on them.
02:01
Then unit is 17 coming in.
02:05
1731,
02:07
can you put us on a different event number versus doing our checks?
02:11
Different person.
02:13
Do you have an address or?
02:19
Yes.
02:22
4029 in West School.
02:29
1606, I may have that subject that Ashkosh and Oliva.
02:34
There's 6-0-6-minute tape that was found out of Oshkosh and Oliphant.
02:43
I was Charlie on the way.
02:50
I talked to the original caller or Joanna.
02:53
She said he was walking southbound towards fire water.
02:56
He's intoxicated.
02:57
He was messing around with people and tried to steal a car there.
03:04
Somebody can identify them?
03:08
I didn't copy their transition.
03:11
Do we have anybody that can identify him?
03:21
Yes, he was literally in the restaurant for about 20 minutes and the owner kicked him out after he was messing around with a lot of a bunch of customers and then he went outside to steal one of the workers' cars.

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N Northwest Hwy, Chicago, IL 60631

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Incident Timeline

  1. Witness Coordination and Positive ID
  2. Suspect Located Near Ashkosh and Oliphant
  3. Suspect Sighted on Northwest Highway
  4. Suspect Description and Search
  5. Vehicle Located Unoccupied
  6. Stolen Vehicle Reported

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