Crime & Safety
Car Stolen With Baby In Back Seat Outside Harlem School: Police
The one-year-old child has since been found safe and unharmed, police said.
HARLEM, NYC — A man is in custody after snatching a running car that had a 1-year-old girl inside it outside of a preschool in Harlem Tuesday morning, police officials said.
Police said the carjacking occurred around 9 a.m. in the area of West 134th Street.
The child's mother parked on the street and was walking around the red Honda Pilot when the suspect approached and hopped into the driver's seat, police said.
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An NYPD spokesperson said that the driver fled eastbound and was later located on 72nd Street and First Avenue.
The baby was found safe and unharmed, and charges against the suspect are still pending, police said.
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This marks the second incident this week. On Sunday, police reported a car theft in the Bronx with a 6-month-old baby inside.
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