Connected Car
A white BMW with right, rear damage, connected to a carjacking and kidnapping of a child in Libertyville in February, was recovered in Waukegan on Sunday March 5, 2023. The victim was still able to call 911 and Lake County sheriff’s deputies immediately responded. Waukegan Police Officers and Lake County sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene. While searching for the stolen vehicle and endangered child, sheriff’s detectives immediately called Volkswagen Car-Net, in an attempt to track the vehicle. Lake County Sheriff’s detectives continued looking for the BMW, which had been stolen in the preceding week from a car dealership in Waukegan.