Amazon Van With Packages Inside Stolen While Driver Makes Delivery In Old Town
CHICAGO (CBS) -- An Amazon delivery van with packages inside was stolen while its driver was making a delivery in Old Town Thursday afternoon.
At 3:48 p.m., the 22-year-old Amazon delivery driver was dropping off packages in the 200 block of West Goethe Street. He left the keys in the van, police said.
A thief came up and took the van with an unspecified number of packages inside and fled west on Goethe Street, then south on Sedgwick Street, police said.
Police said the van was later found in the alley behind the 100 block of West Superior Street in River North, but the thief was not with it.
Amazon released the following statement Thursday night: "Nothing is more important than the safety of our employees and drivers who deliver our packages. We are thankful the driver is safe, and we're working with local authorities as they investigate."
No one was in custody late Thursday. Area Three detectives were investigating.