Car thief in New York runs off after finding a baby in backseat of stolen car
A NEW York car thief drove off in an SUV, only to discover there was a witness to the crime: a baby in the backseat.
Maybe he had a conscience, or just didn't want to have to change diapers, but the thief, captured on surveillance video posted on NBC television, quickly dumped his hot ride.
The parents of the seven-month-old baby girl had left her in the vehicle late on Tuesday while they stopped at a store in the Bronx.
Footage showed the thief looking around, then climbing into the car, which had been left running, and taking off. But he drove only a short distance before abandoning the vehicle and its precious cargo.
NY1 television posted pictures of the carjacker's cute, unwilling partner-in-crime and quoted a caregiver saying she was unharmed and being evaluated in hospital.
There was no immediate information regarding the whereabouts of the thief.