A parent had the fright of her beingness erstwhile her car was stolen Thursday day with her 7-year-old lad successful the backmost seat.
The panicked 34-year-old ma called 911 astatine 12:22 p.m. reporting a stolen conveyance connected Macdonough Place adjacent successful Country Club conscionable down the artifact from Pelham Bay Park.
She told dispatchers a crook jumped down the instrumentality of her Acura RDX portion she was extracurricular the car with her hubby and peeled off, constabulary said.
The car and kid were aboriginal recovered abandoned astir 3 miles distant connected Tillotson Ave. and Wright Ave., conscionable disconnected the New England Thruway, cops said.
The lad was brought to Jacobi Medical Center by EMS, constabulary said, to beryllium evaluated. It was not wide if helium suffered immoderate injuries. He was reunited with his blessed parents.
No arrests person been made.
“They bash bargain successful beforehand of the park,” said a pistillate who lives successful the neighborhood. “They bargain the wheels disconnected the Hondas and worldly similar that. But thing similar that? This is simply a quiescent neighborhood. This is simply a bully neighborhood.”
A 30-year-old pistillate who lives adjacent agreed.
“I americium surprised. I mean we’ve had packages stolen from our doorway astir the vacation time,” she said. “But a car stolen with a baby? No. I’m shocked. My jaw dropped to the level erstwhile (a constabulary officer) said that.”