March 14, 2016
Philadelphia Police /for PhillyVoice
The Philadelphia Police are seeking help to identify this man, who is sought in a vehicle theft from Monday morning, in which a four-month-old child inside the vehicle was abducted when it was stolen.
Police are seeking help from the public after a four-month-old child was abducted – and then found abandoned on the sidewalk near the Philadelphia Museum of Art – during a vehicle theft early Monday morning in West Philadelphia.
Police said the young boy was found about a half hour later.
According to police, at about 7: 50 a.m. on Monday, a man reported that his vehicle, a white 2013 Chrysler Town and Country van with a Pennsylvania tag of JMX-6013, was stolen from in front of a store at 4847 Walnut St. in West Philadelphia.
His four-month-old son was secured in the back seat of the vehicle, which was left running while the child's father went to shop at a nearby store, police said.
While the child's father shopped, a black male – described as a teenager with a light complexion and wearing tan pants, a camouflage vest with a black hooded sweatshirt, black shoes and red umbrella – hopped into the idling van and drove off with the child inside.
WATCH surveillance video of the wanted individual taking the van:
On Monday, the police investigation led to the discovery of the young boy, unharmed, at Green Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Fairmount .
Anyone with information about this incident or this suspect is urged to call Philadelphia police at (215) 686-8477 or text a tip to 773847.
Also, tips can be sent anonymously to police here.
