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Suspicious vehicle with broken window found in ChicagoChicago IL

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S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60617

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers investigated a suspicious white Kia Forte with a broken passenger window near South Cornell Avenue in Chicago. The vehicle, which had a Texas license plate, was not reported stolen. It appeared secured with a wheel lock and chain. Police decided to wait for the owner to report it.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
Listen to dispatch call
01:42
Transcript:
00:00
411, go ahead.
00:02
Why can you hold me down on a suspicious vehicle near South Cornell Avenue?
00:07
I got them broken out of passenger window.
00:11
All right, you have the plate.
00:14
Yes, it's going to be Texas plate (number withheld).
00:21
Texas, ten four.
00:31
2023 Kia Forte.
00:35
Is it white in color? It's not coming back hot or anything.
00:40
So.
00:44
Repeat your transmission.
00:47
I say yes, it's a white Kia.
00:49
It's not coming back stolen or anything, but you said the window is broken out?
00:54
Yes, ma'am.
01:09
Well, either we can wait till they wake up and call us or because it's not a rental or anything.
01:14
We don't know who owns it on the block.
01:17
If it belongs to anyone, it could be a rental.
01:19
No rental coming up.
01:24
99 squad, I'm looking in through the window now.
01:28
So it has a wheel lock and there's a chain hooked to the brake and the pedal, so it's not going anywhere.
01:37
Okay, we'll wait for the owner to call us, I guess.
01:41
All right, thank you.

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Location mentioned:
S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60617

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