Car Stolen With Infant Inside After Sitter Leaves Keys In Ignition
POSTED: Monday, March 28, 2005
UPDATED: 1:37 pm EST March 28,
2005
Authorities in Orlando are searching for a man who allegedly stole a minivan with a 1-year-old girl inside after the infant's babysitter left the keys in the ignition at a dry cleaners, according to Local 6 News.
Investigators said the car was left at Kim's Dry Cleaners with the motor still running Monday morning when an unidentified man hopped in and drove off.
"Apparently, the babysitter left the keys in the ignition so the suspect hopped into the vehicle and drove off," Orange County Sheriff's spokeswoman Barbara Miller said.
The car thief dropped the baby, still inside a car seat, at the entrance of a Save Rite Grocery Warehouse store in Orange County. He drove the vehicle away from the scene.
Police are still searching for the missing mini-van. It is described as a hunter green Dodge mini-van with license plate P01-5JW.
"How many times do we have to inform viewers or citizens to secure your vehicle and never leave a child unattended in that vehicle, Miller said.
If you have any information concerning the crime, you are urged to call Crimeline at (800) 423-TIPS.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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