Car stolen with child in backseat results in multiple charges against Essex County man

A 35-year-old man is accused of kidnapping a child after he allegedly stole a vehicle while the mother was strapping her child into the back seat.

London police said the incident happened on Friday afternoon in the area of Colonel Talbot Road and Burtwistle Lane, close to the 401.

The mother was putting the child into the back seat when the man got into the driver's seat and took off in the car. Police said he stopped a short distance away after realizing the child was in the back.

The woman was able to get her child out of the car, and then the suspect sped off, almost causing several crashes.

Police said the suspect crashed the vehicle into the ditch on Colonel Talbot Road, which then led to a foot chase and eventually an arrest.

The man, who is from Essex County, is charged with the following:

• Theft of a motor vehicle
• Kidnapping
• Two (2) counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
• Resist arrest
• Impaired exceeding blood drug concentration
• Possession of a Schedule I substance

He was scheduled to appear in a London court on Wednesday.