Crime & Safety
Video Shows Suspect In Crescent Ridge Road Car Theft, Kidnapping
Investigators with the Tuscaloosa Police Department continue to search for the man responsible for stealing a car with a small child inside.
TUSCALOOSA, AL. - Investigators with the Tuscaloosa Police Department are still working to identify the man seen stealing a Ford Expedition with a 16-month-old boy inside from a gas station on Crescent Ridge Road over the weekend.
The department on Wednesday provided surveillance video of the incident, which took place at 8:10 p.m. Sunday and shows a man wearing a white tank top and shorts exit a sedan in the parking lot of the Lucky Dollar store, before taking the SUV with the child inside.
TPD says authorities were moments from issuing a statewide AMBER Alert for the kidnapping when the abandoned vehicle and child, who was unharmed, were both located on Shaw Drive a short distance away from the store.
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Those with information on this case are asked to contact TPD at 205-349- 2121, the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit at 205-464-8690 or Crime Stoppers at 205-752-STOP (7867).
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