CAR THIEF TAKES 3 INFANTS AS WELL; BABIES DROPPED OFF LATER AT COSTCO.
Published December 20, 2000
Seema Mehta
The Los Angeles Times
A car with three infants strapped in seats was stolen from a Tustin
gas station Tuesday night, but the children were returned safely after
being dropped off at a department store, police said.
The father, whom police did not identify, had left the triplets
unattended in a running car about 8:05 p.m. while he went into a Shell
station on Jamboree Road, said Sgt. Tom Tarpley of the Tustin Police
Department. In the 15 seconds he was in the station, a man stole the
vehicle with the children strapped inside, Tarpley said.
About 25 minutes later, an employee of the Costco store at Tustin
Ranch Road and El Camino Real called police to report that three infants, still strapped in car seats, had been found at the store. The father was brought to the scene and confirmed that the children were his.
Police late Tuesday were still looking for the suspect and the
vehicle, a blue Toyota 4-Runner with California license plates 2WIL094.
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