This latest warning comes just a week after CBS 2's Tara Molina got an inside look at the anti-theft software Kia has deployed to prevent this continued spike.
within the past week – all within a span of a few blocks in Bronzeville.
At 4 p.m. Saturday, a 39-year-old woman parked her car in the 3600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue. She returned to discover her rear passenger-side window smashed and her steering wheel column peeled. At 7 p.m. Saturday, a man parked his car in the 3500 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue and came back to find it vandalized.
At 9 a.m. Monday, a 70-year-old woman parked her car and found someone she didn't know inside the car when she returned. The thief drove off in an unknown direction.In every case, the thieves targeted the victims' cars' steering column – because there is no engine immobilizer on certain models. We have told you that's why we've seen this spike in thefts.
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