SUV Stolen from Repair Shop

By Tim State in News on Apr 11, 2009 8:30PM

Michelle Pike has a new understanding of drive-through service after she took her SUV to a Northwest-side Sears for a routine tire fix, but when she returned to pick up her car, it was gone. She purchased the car with only 14 miles on it in January, and now it’s been stolen from the repair shop. Pike told WBBM:

I was told the car was in the shop and that I could go out there and just get in it and drive it out, and when I went into the shop, my car wasn't there.

A Sears spokesperson is saying this is a unfortunate and isolated incident, and it’s not standard practice to allow customers to walk through the shop, or to leave keys in the car once repairs are finished. A police report says a surveillance video shows a suspicious person walking toward the SUV and then the SUV exiting the premises. [WBBM]