A carjacking suspect was arrested after allegedly stealing a vehicle with a child inside on Long Island on Tuesday.
The incident happened just after 2 p.m., when a female driver stopped on Front Street in Greenport to enter a store briefly while her sleeping grandchild remained in her Mercedes Benz SUV.
A good Samaritan who was parked near the area witnessed the crime and took the woman into his vehicle and chased after the Mercedes Benz westbound on Route 25. The grandmother was able to get into her Mercedes Benz in an attempt to rescue her grandchild from the suspect, who police described as a man in his 50's.The suspect then continued to drive westbound on Route 25 with the grandmother and child both in the vehicle.
A sector car saw both the grandmother and child and the Good Samaritan standing on the shoulder of Route 25 and quickly gathered information on the situation and reported it to other sector cars.
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