5-year-old boy left in car that gets stolen

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect that this incident happened in Riverside, California, not in New Jersey.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Police in need your help locating a suspect who hopped in a car with a 5-year-old boy still inside and drove off early Tuesday.

The boy and his parent stopped at a Vance Street home around 1:15 a.m. while on a return trip from a vacation to pick up relatives.

The parent left the child in the car sleeping "for a couple minutes" while they went in the house.

When the family came outside, the car and child were gone.

A resident on Goodview Avenue called police about 15-minutes later to report that they found the car and toddler.

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