Crime & Safety

Toddler Safe After Kidnapping Scare

Man fled on foot after stealing a car with a two-year-old boy inside.

A 2-year-old boy is safe after being kidnapped when a man stole the car he was in Saturday morning.

According to Orange County Sheriff's Lt. Stu Greenberg, shortly before 8 a.m. a man entered the garage on Golf Drive after the toddler's mother placed the boy in the family SUV. The mother went back inside the house and when she returned she saw a man behind the wheel. She chased the car as it drove away. The mother has not been identified.

The man stopped the car and fled on foot shortly after leaving the residence. He was arrested within 30 minutes. The suspects identity has not been released.

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