Whitlene Loussaint returned from attending church in the pouring rain and left her 2-month-old son in the back of her idling car while she went inside to fetch an umbrella. When she came back, the car was gone with the kid!
It seems the thieves only realised there is passenger in the car after sometime. They left Loussaint’s silver Pontiac in the middle of the road just blocks from where it had been stolen. The driver’s side and passenger doors thrown wide open and the baby was unharmed. The kid was not crying and it looked like he just woke up, Police officer Noah Pruitt of Orlando Police Department was quoted saying.
Police searched the area but said they have no suspects, no description and no witnesses. But it is Loussaint who now faces charges under a new Florida law that went into effect on July 1.
New regulations signed into law by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist last month make it a second-degree misdemeanor to leave a child under the age of 6 alone in a vehicle for more than 15 minutes, but it is illegal to leave a child in a running car for any amount of time. Loussaint may be the first person prosecuted under the measure and faces 60 days in jail and a $500 fine if convicted.
Her family says they were just relieved that no harm came to the boy. “Anyone that can do this in broad daylight … imagine what else they are capable of,” Loussaint’s sister said. (news source)
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It’s amazing that the thieves actually had the heart to forgo their
plan of stealing, just because they saw a baby in the car.
But it is kind of unfair for the mother, I’m estimating that she left the car for a couple of minutes, maybe less than 15 minutes. But then again, she shouldn’t have left her baby in her car unattended anyway. Well, at least the baby was unharmed and okay.
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