MILWAUKEE (AP) - Milwaukee police say they’ve arrested a 15-year-old girl who stole a car with a 14-month-old baby inside from a gas station parking lot.
And police say they caught her as she exited another stolen car later the same evening.
A police statement says a Milwaukee woman left her boy unattended in her car Thursday morning, with the engine running and the keys in the ignition. As the mother was inside the gas station buying a soda, she saw her car drive off with the child inside. Witnesses tried to follow but couldn’t keep up.
An officer found the stolen car about 45 minutes later, still running, with the child in a car seat and unharmed. The boy was reunited with his mother.
The 15-year-old could face juvenile charges.
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