Police: Car With 4-Month-Old Inside Stolen After Aunt Leaves Baby to Shop

A Bay Shore woman faces a child endangerment charge after her car with her 4-month-old niece alone inside was stolen while the woman went to grab breakfast Monday at a Subway in Bay Shore.

According to police, Gail Solomon, 43, entered the sandwich shop located at 1735 Union Boulevard around 8 a.m. Monday. Her niece was in the backseat of her car, which was left running and unlocked, police said.

While Solomon was inside Subway, a white man, wearing jeans and a dark sweater or sweatshirt, stole the vehicle with the baby inside. Two other people then got into the stolen car on Union Boulevard, police said.

The stolen car was abandoned a short time later, with the unharmed baby inside, on Cherry Street, between Third Avenue and Fourth avenues, in Bay Shore, police said.

The car thieves have not been found, but Solomon was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor.

The investigation is continuing and police are asking anyone with information regarding the case to call the Third Squad at 854-8352 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.