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Car Stolen With Toddler In It
Christopher Smith (Photo courtesy of LASD)
A two-year-old boy has been reunited with his family after his father's truck was stolen with the child in it on Monday afternoon in Lawndale, reports City News Service. The toddler had been placed in the car by his dad, a 42-year-old man whose name hasn't been released, and then left there momentarily when his father went back into the house to get a diaper bag at about 2:45 p.m. His father left the car running with the air conditioner on, and when he came back out of the house, it was being driven away by a would-be thief.
The dad called the cops, and they were able to pull over and arrest 21-year-old suspect Christopher Smith within minutes. The child was crying and upset but unharmed.
It's not clear whether Smith knew that the kid was in the car when he stole it.
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