A suspect was in police custody in southwest suburban Bridgeview, Illinois Wednesday evening, after police said he stole both a police squad car from another Chicago suburb and a mail truck.
Bedford Park police said at 2:45 p.m., their officers were on the scene after being called to 6800 S. Archer Rd. While the officers were occupied, someone got into a Bedford Park police squad car and drove away, police said.
Soon afterward, the squad car was found on train tracks near 97th Place and Avon Avenue in Chicago Ridge — but the thief was not there, police said.
Bridgeview police said the thief left the Bedford Park squad car behind and came across a U.S. Postal Service truck occupied by a postal worker, police said.
The thief carjacked the postal truck from the mail carrier and drove it north on Roberts Road, police said.
