CHILD NABBED IN CARJACKING SAFE.Byline: Staff and Wire Services NORTHRIDGE - A 4-year-old Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. girl was reunited with her family late Friday after being in an SUV when it was carjacked from her mother at a Costco parking lot earlier in the day, police said. The child was reported in good condition when a Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . auto theft unit spotted the 1999 black Lexus 450 sport
utility vehicle, with the girl inside, in Van Nuys at 10:40 p.m. Friday,
nearly seven hours after the suspect took the vehicle. No suspects were
immediately found.
``She is safe, appears in very good condition,'' said Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police Sgt. Loren Farel from the Devonshire station where authorities reunited the family. ``Son of a gun. They found a needle in a haystack For the epidode of the TV series House, see . A needle in a haystack is an English idiom that refers to an object (or a person) that is difficult to find because it is lost, mixed in, or buried within a much larger space, mass, crowd, or group of some other objects. .'' Police said the mother was outside the vehicle about 3:50 p.m. on Friday in the parking lot at 8810 Tampa Ave. when the incident occurred. A man in a yellow baseball cap hit her on the head with an unknown object, then jumped in the vehicle. ``He took off and her 4-year-old daughter was in the car,'' said Los Angeles police spokesman Officer Don Cox. A second man came up, grabbed the mother's purse, then jumped in a white SUV and followed the black SUV out of the parking lot, Cox said. ``The mother of the child had just placed the child inside the vehicle when the mom was accosted ac·cost tr.v. ac·cost·ed, ac·cost·ing, ac·costs 1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. 2. To solicit for sex. ,'' said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Cmdr. Michael Moore. The mother made an emotional plea late Friday night for her daughter's safe return, KCAL-TV (Channel 9) reported. ``Please bring her back. We don't care about anything else,'' said Muniran Surani. She told her daughter, Komal, she loved and missed her very much. ``Don't be scared. We'll get you soon,'' she said. The suspect in the black Lexus had last been seen driving northbound on Tampa in the vehicle, police said. |
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