Police: Several vans stolen on South Side

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Police are warning residents after multiple vans were stolen over the past month on the city’s South Side.

In each incident, one or more people have stolen a white Ford Econoline van, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.

The first theft happened about 5 a.m. May 10 in the 2900 block of West 55th, police said. Another happened at 12:57 a.m. May 16 in the 2400 block of West 36th. A third van was stolen between 8 p.m. June 2 and 8:30 a.m. June 3 in the 4400 block of South Union.

Anyone with information about the thefts is asked to call Area Central detectives at (312) 747-8382.

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