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Child Reunited With Mother After Carjacking In Olney Ends In Crash, Suspect Arrested

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A carjacking in Philadelphia's Onley neighborhood ended with a child safe and a suspect under arrest. Police say it all started after midnight Saturday at 5th Street and Olney Avenue when a woman stole a Mazda with the engine running and a 2-year-old boy inside.

Several blocks later, she crashed the car into a building near 5th Street and Somerville Avenue.

The child was not seriously hurt and was reunited with his mother.

Officers say the female suspect ran into a house on the 500 block Somerville Avenue.

She was then taken into custody.

 

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