Teens steal car with baby inside near Tampa

Thieves drop off baby on front porch of home

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – St. Petersburg police are looking for two teenagers who they say stole a car from a church parking lot that had a 10-month-old baby girl inside.

According to authorities, the victims were unloading tables and chairs at the church from their 2013 Toyota Highlander Sunday afternoon.

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During a brief time, they left the SUV unlocked, the keys in the ignition and their baby secured in a car seat.

That's when the two male teens jumped into the car and drove off.

A couple minutes later, home surveillance video shows one of the teens drop the baby off in her car seat on the front porch of a random house.

Watch surveillance video here

Luckily the home owner arrived soon after, and called police.

Detectives say they are looking for two black male teenagers, both of who were wearing beige shorts and a black tank top.


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