AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) — Aurora police saved a 2-year-old child after they say a suspect stole the car they were in on Wednesday. According to police, the suspect stole a white 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe from a parking lot near Abilene Street and Mississippi Avenue.
#APDAlert: STOLEN VEHICLE WITH CHILD INSIDE
A white 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe, CO tag ACFX58, w/ a white sticker in the bottom right corner, was stolen from 1011 S Abilene St @ 12:05a.
A 2-year old child was inside of the vehicle when it was stolen.
CALL 911 IF SEEN. @CBI_Colorado pic.twitter.com/j44dmHR47G
— Aurora Police Dept (@AuroraPD) April 13, 2022
Investigators say the child’s mother was trying to make them go to sleep with a car ride.
“It appears that she went back to the motel and left the vehicle idling and unattended for a few moments,” a police spokeswoman told CBS4.
The mother, 35, called police right when she came back outside to find her vehicle and child gone.
Rodriquez Quortez Porter (credit: Aurora Police)
About 30 minutes later, responding officers spotted the car near Colfax Avenue and Sable Boulevard. The suspect led police on a chase through multiple jurisdictions, police say.
It ended at Interstate 76 and 144th Avenue at around 1:15 a.m. The child was taken back to Aurora via ambulance, but police report the child is okay.
Police arrested 28-year-old Rodriquez Quortez Porter on charges including second degree kidnapping, aggravated motor vehicle theft and eluding.
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