Silver Kia Optima reported stolen in Chicago, Chicago IL

Motor Vehicle Theft

Reported: 11/17/2025 03:04 PM

W Congress Pkwy & S Hamlin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624

Officers report a silver Kia Optima believed to be stolen, seen westbound near Congress Parkway and S Hamlin Boulevard, then heading north on Springfield Avenue. The vehicle's license plate number is withheld. Officers are monitoring but will not pursue if the vehicle does not stop when signaled.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 10

01:57

Transcript:

00:00

OCS Sam.

00:02

Street still going west on from Congress and Hamlin is a silver Kia Optima.

00:08

Plate number is (number withheld).

00:13

All right, Westbound Congress and Hamlin, Kia, straight steal, plate (number withheld).

00:26

1186.

00:29

Eighty-six.

00:30

Eighty-six.

00:31

Check out a battery in progress, called by Madison from A3.

00:34

Male teenagers are physically assaulting a male teenager on CTA bus 5029.

00:39

And nothing further.

00:40

Passengers call in the sense.

00:43

Okay.

00:45

I actually turned north on Springfield about a minute ago.

00:49

All right, that's straight steal, one northbound on Springfield about a minute ago.

00:53

It's kind of hard, did.

00:56

Kia Optima.

00:58

Silver and caller.

01:02

1112, you're going.

01:07

We'll be there.

01:08

We'll be there.

01:11

All right, we're coming on.

01:13

Where are we on the corner?

01:14

32, 10.4.

01:17

So, that's all that.

01:18

All right.

01:20

All that, I got you guys all out.

01:26

Eleven, ten.

01:27

Ten, sir.

01:30

You guys pass it.

01:32

It's just a straight steal, right?

01:35

Yeah, O2CM.

01:36

Hold on, give me a minute.

01:37

11.10, go ahead.

01:40

Yeah, 11-10.

01:42

If we see that car, we could try to pull it over.

01:44

If it doesn't pull over, we're not going to follow it.

01:47

11-0-2-7 can keep monitoring.

01:50

All right, O2CM, you guys, you can keep monitoring.

01:52

Everybody else, we're not going to follow per 11-10.

01:55

If you guys try to pull it over, try to pull it over, but otherwise let it go.

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W Congress Pkwy & S Hamlin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624

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