Two males have been charged with a string of offenses after a automotive was stolen in Melbourne with a toddler asleep within the again seat.
On Sunday afternoon the two-year-old boy was left alone behind the automotive with the engine operating whereas his father ducked in to do some purchasing within the beachside suburb of Chelsea.
Police allege a person climbed into the grey Volkswagen SUV and drove off.
The automotive stopped after about 350 meters and the kid was left by the facet of the street.
A short while later, a passerby discovered him wandering subsequent to a busy street, distressed however unhurt.
The 2 males charged have been taken into custody at a shopping mall in Frankston, within the metropolis’s southeast, on Tuesday afternoon.
A Narre Warren man, 18, was charged with greater than 25 offenses together with acquiring property by deception, theft of a motorized vehicle, possessing a drug of dependence in addition to bail and driving offences.
A Clarinda man, 20, was charged with theft of motorized vehicle, aggravated housebreaking, resisting police, bail and driving offenses in relation to a different matter.
The pair have been set to face a magistrates’ court docket on Wednesday.
The stolen automotive has not been discovered and the investigation is ongoing.
