Nearly half the thefts have been Kia or Hyundai vehicles. A record 4,510 vehicles were stolen in the city in 2020, but with 25 cars reported stolen in the city each day, Milwaukee will break 2020’s motor vehicle theft record in July. That's up 180% when compared with the same time last year. Smith was just one of thousands of people who have been victims of Milwaukee's car theft epidemic.Īs of Thursday, 3,524 cars have been reported stolen in Milwaukee this year. Milwaukee's car theft epidemic continues unabated It makes you realize that there is a God,” she said. I’m just so thankful because when I think of all the people who have had their cars stolen in this city, someone chose to help me. “My God, I never had anyone ever in my life do something like this for me. ![]() “I was depressed, but I didn’t lose hope because I knew God would make a way,” she said.Ī donor, who read my original column on Smith, wrote a check for $10,590, which paid off the loan on the 2017 Elantra. Smith borrowed her daughter’s car for a few days then bought a 2015 Hyundai Sonata, but paying two car notes and auto insurance left her financially strapped. “I had a car I couldn’t fix or drive that I was paying $289 a month on and I still needed a vehicle to get to work,” said Smith, 55. To make matters worse, Dorothy had dropped her auto insurance. Her car was found on the south side the next day with $5,000 worth of damage she still owed $10,000 on it. 8, her 2017 Hyundai Elantra was swiped from right in front of her house. She was given 23 days to find a new place. ![]() The first three months of this year were pretty rough for Dorothy Smith.įirst, she was forced to vacate her home in January after her landlord sold the property at North 90th and West Congress streets.
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