Crime & Safety
Crown Heights Teen Stole Car With Baby In It, Cops Say
Quansae Herring, 17, stands accused of stealing an SUV with a one-year-old child sitting in the back seat, police said.
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A Crown Heights teenager was arrested Friday for stealing a car with a one-year-old baby sitting in the back seat, police said.
Quansae Herring, 17, stands accused of speeding off in a white Mitsubishi SUV he found parked on Kingston Avenue and Dean Street on Aug. 5, according to police.
A 29-year-old mom had left the keys in the ignition and her one-year-old son in the back seat to dash inside nearby store, said police.
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Surveillance cameras captured footage of Herring hopping into the car and speeding away down Kingston Avenue with the infant still in the back seat, according to police.
Police rescued the baby — who was not hurt — about two hours later when they found the car abandoned on Park Place between Buffalo and Ralph avenues.
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Herring was arrested on charges of grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and acting in a manner injurious to a child, said police.
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