Suspect arrested after stealing SUV with 1-year-old girl inside, Hillsborough sheriff says
Deputies searching for suspect who stole SUV that had one-year-old inside
and last updated 2021-03-17 12:34:45-04
VALRICO, Fla. â The suspect in a Valrico kidnapping case has been arrested thanks to DNA evidence about a month after the crime.
26-year-old Rashad Lamont Mann was arrested after deputies say he stole an SUV that had a one-year-old girl inside.
A statewide Amber Alert was issued, but she was found safe.
The sheriff s office said the vehicle, a 2018 silver Volkswagen SUV, was stolen from the driveway of a home just before 3 p.m. in mid-February in the 2600 block of Green Valley Street in Valrico. The 1-year-old was in her car seat sleeping in the backseat.
Grandmother of baby abducted in Valrico talks about the ordeal: âWe panicked.â
Neighbors went for their home surveillance video and spotted the culprit, relaying images to Hillsborough deputies. Then came two hours of worry.
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One-year old Tinnley Sage West is reunited with her mother in Valrico after someone drove off in the family SUV with the baby inside. [ LUIS SANTANA | Times ]
VALRICO â It was less than a minute before the SUV disappeared.
Ellany Noriega, 55, and her 25-year-old daughter, Chelsea Noriega, had been carrying things in and out of Chelseaâs silver Volkswagen for about 30 minutes Tuesday afternoon. Chelsea kept the car running as her 1-year-old daughter slept in the back seat. It was parked right next to a door at Ellanyâs house, in the 2600 block of Green Valley Street.
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