United states

AMBER alert canceled after 15-year-old Antanea Smith found safe

CHICAGO (CBS) — An AMBER Alert issued for a kidnapping in south suburban Dolton has been canceled and 15-year-old Antanea Smith has been found safe.

Police said at 2:42 p.m., Antaenia Smith was abducted by an unknown suspect wearing a mask and driving a black 2005 Ford 500 sedan.

Antanea is a black female, 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 140 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing blue jean shorts, a white shirt, a pink cropped hoodie and white trainers.

The vehicle in which she was abducted was a black 2005 Ford 500 sedan with Illinois license plate DG20425.

Illinois State Police

At 2:58 p.m., Dolton police chased the black Ford, Illinois State Police said. The chase reportedly reached Interstate 57 at Sibley Boulevard.

A state police trooper located the vehicle on the inbound Dan Ryan Expressway at 87th Street, where the fleeing vehicle sideswiped another car and struck the side of a state police trooper.

The trooper in the cruiser was taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The stolen vehicle then headed onto the freeway and down local streets through Englewood and some other neighborhoods on the south side, CBS 2’s Chris Habermel reported.

Anyone with information should call 911.

Mugo Odigwe

Mugo Odigwe joined CBS2 Chicago as a general assignment reporter in February 2019.