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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Carjacker returns stolen vehicle with baby on board, mother faces criminal charges

2017-11-27

[RT] A car thief reportedly stole ‐ and almost immediately returned ‐ a Cadillac in Leningrad Region, Russia, when he realized that targeting vehicle made him a kidnapper. The reason for this was that a three-month-old baby was inside the car.

While the thief seems to have disappeared, it is the baby's mother who is now the subject of a criminal case, local police reported this weekend. The woman left the baby unattended in her Cadillac Escalade while she went shopping.

On Friday, the 34-year-old mother called the police, saying her car has disappeared from a store parking lot in the village of Poroshkino near St. Petersburg. Her child was inside the vehicle, the woman said. However,
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when officers arrived at the scene, they found not only the car but also the baby and the woman there, with the latter claiming her Escalade had been returned some 15 minutes after she called the police.

Posted by:Fred

#3 746, I'm wandering off the topic into the weeds quite a bit but what you say is a good reason not to blow the theft off as bad luck and to report it. Some of these thefts get reported as "Lost Items" by the police rather than felonies--probably to keep down the crime statistics down. Different jurisdictions do it differently depending on a number of things about the theft. IMO there's a slim to none chance of recovering stolen firearms. Homeowner's policies might provide some relieve and the NRA has a firearms policy with membership. However, it doesn't seem right to stick the NRA carrier with the tab for your loss--it didn't have anything to do with them. Meanwhile, one can pray that your stolen firearm does not hurt anyone in a crime.

Posted by: JohnQC 2017-11-27 15:02

#2 as in all states if a firearm is stolen and not reported then the original owner is liable

Posted by: 746 2017-11-27 14:24

#1 The baby was helpless and needed to be protected by the mother. She should have taken the baby with her. In Russia, if the car thief took the vehicle and baby at gun point, would she still face charges?

In Georgia, USA, I am told that if you have a weapon in a locked car at your residence and it is stolen and later used in a crime by the thief, the owner of the firearm could be liable for harm caused by the weapon if it is used in a crime if the loss of the firearm is not reported to authorities.

Posted by: JohnQC 2017-11-27 01:16

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