Carjacker takes 2-year-old on wild joyride after mom leaves tot alone in vehicle on Brooklyn street: cops
The 32-year-old mom called 911 and told cops she left her Nissan Pathfinder running with the toddler in the backseat as she stepped into a deli on Sutter Avenue near Van Sinderen Avenue in Brownsville, police said.
While she was in the store, 34-year-old Maurice Stephens got behind the wheel and drove off with the toddler, said cops.
3 Maurice Stephens, 34, hopped inside the unattended Nissan Pathfinder and drive off with the 2-year-old boy inside, police said.
3 Stephens drove about a mile before cops pulled him over at Liberty Avenue and Wyona Street, police said.
The alleged carjacker drove for nearly a mile when officers spotted him at Wyona Street and Liberty Avenue and pulled him over around 10:50 a.m., authorities said.
The boy was recovered safely and Stephens – who has no relation to the family – was placed in cuffs, authorities said.
3 Stephens was charged with grand larceny, kidnapping and other raps, cops said.
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Stephens, of Brooklyn Heights, was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, second-degree kidnapping, criminal possession of stolen property and endangering the welfare of a child, cops said.
He has one prior arrest, for criminal possession of a controlled substance from January in Midtown Manhattan, authorities said.
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