She's probably one, and the libs who review this will not do a thing.
Can you believe how stupid some people are?
seattletimes.nwsource.com
Police recover stolen SUV with missing baby in back
By Ashley Bach
Seattle Times Eastside bureau
Bothell police yesterday detained a 44-year-old man they called a "person of interest" in the theft of a sport-utility vehicle that had a 12-week-old baby girl inside.
Police said the man was found by a police dog in the woods near where the SUV was abandoned with the unharmed infant inside. Police said they have not determined whether the man should be considered a suspect.
The baby, Fiona Johnson, was found and returned safely to her mother about an hour after her mother's red Jeep Cherokee was stolen from a liquor-store parking lot in the 19100 block of Bothell Way Northeast.
Fiona's mother, Holly Johnson of Bothell, parked her vehicle outside the store about 11:10 a.m. and went inside to buy a gift, said Bothell police Capt. Denise Langford.
She left her engine running so the air-conditioning would keep things comfortable for her daughter, Langford said. When she came out a few minutes later, her SUV was gone.
Johnson screamed and exclaimed that her baby was in the car. When police arrived, they found it difficult to keep her calm, Langford said.
Whoever took the SUV drove it north, and it was last seen around Meridian Avenue South and 240th Street Southwest, about a mile away. Police found the SUV about 12:30 p.m. in a church parking lot in the 23800 block of Meridian Avenue South, with Fiona still strapped in her car seat in the back.
They drove the baby, still in her car seat, back to the liquor store and her mother.
"I thought everything would be OK, just going into the store to pick up a gift," Johnson said after she was reunited with Fiona. "Obviously, it wasn't.
"If there's a lesson in this for everyone," she said, "it's that things like this can happen that quickly, whether it's running into a gas station to pay for your gas [or] leaving your car to get money from the ATM."
Langford said police are focused on arresting a suspect in the car theft, and later, they will explore whether Johnson did anything illegal. She could face questions over leaving her car unattended with the baby inside, police said.
"We feel a lot of compassion toward her and the situation," Langford said. "We're just really happy we were able to get that baby back to her."
Parents can legally take their children into liquor stores, said Sharon Michael, a spokeswoman for the state Liquor Control Board. Only unaccompanied minors and children without an adult relative are unwelcome.
Ashley Bach: 206-464-2567 or abach@seattletimes.com |
