Vehicle stolen from West Side gas station with baby inside; suspect arrested, child found: CPD

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 36-year-old woman's vehicle was stolen from a gas station with a baby inside Thursday morning on Chicago's West Side, Chicago police said.

CPD said the woman was standing near her vehicle at a gas station in the 1200-block of South Independence Boulevard in Lawndale about 10:40 a.m., when a 38-year-old man got into the vehicle and drove away, with a 7-month-old baby girl in the back seat.

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The vehicle has been found, and the man was taken into custody, police said. Charges are pending.

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The baby girl was found in good condition, and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center for observation, police said.

Area detectives are investigating.

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