Toronto Man Allegedly Stole A Car With A Young Kid In The Back Seat & Police Arrested Him

A Toronto man was arrested and charged after a vehicle was stolen with a young child in the back seat, police say.

On April 21, Toronto police said in a press release that 25-year-old John Cabuhat from Toronto has been charged after police responded to reports of a vehicle theft in the area of Finch Avenue West and Yonge Street at around 11 a.m. that morning.

Police said that a woman had stopped at a gas station to fill her car and had left a child in the rear seat of the vehicle while she went inside to pay.

It is alleged that a man who had already been driving a stolen car got out of the vehicle at the gas station and got into the woman's car with the child still inside.

They said that the man drove the car onto Yonge Street and that the woman was able to "get the attention of nearby officers" after she chased the car on foot.

The man then got out of the vehicle and fled on foot. Police pursued and arrested him.

Cabuhat has been charged with two counts of operation while prohibited, breach of probation, theft of motor vehicle, possession of break-in instrument and possession of property obtained by crime. He's set to appear in court on April 22.

A similar incident occurred two weeks ago in Brampton when a father confronted an alleged carjacker who was trying to steal his car with his baby still in the backseat of the vehicle.

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