Woman lied about baby's abduction to get cops to find stolen car, Ill. police say

By: Crimesider Staff
Topics: Daily Blotter

Jeanette Holt

/ Chicago Police via CBS Chicago

(CBS) CHICAGO - Jeanette Holt, a young mother from Harvey, Ill., is in trouble with police after lying about her baby being left in her car when it was stolen Wednesday morning on Chicago's South Side, CBS Chicago reports.

According to the station, police rushed to a Chatham neighborhood daycare center around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday after Holt called 911 to report her 1997 Chevy Monte Carlo had been stolen with her 1-year-old inside.

At least seven squad cars were put on alert to search the area, only to find out the child was not in the car to begin with. He had been in daycare the whole time, the station reports.

Police say the25-year-old Holt lied about the abduction because she wanted officers to find her car.

"The case was she dropped her baby off at daycare. Upon signing the child in, someone had jumped in her car, because she left her car running, and they drove off," Eltonjia Thompson, the owner of the daycare facility, told the station.

Police realized Holt was lying about an hour into the search and arrested her. She is charged with one count of felony disorderly conduct.

It's unclear if Holt's car was ever recovered.

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by stamicrach February 8, 2013 2:12 AM EST: This woman should be charged with filing a false police report and made to pay back whatever it cost to tie up these seven police cars and the officers who could have been hunting down those committing murders in a city where gun violence is rampant.

1,000 hours of community service wouldn't do her any harm either.!; Reply to this comment


by gpx21dlr February 7, 2013 8:19 PM EST: Put her kid with a relative then put her butt in jail for 30 days. She probably felt entitled to use the cops as her personal car finders.; Reply to this comment