Baby Missing After Carjacking in Georgetown Early This Evening (30th & M St. NW)

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Anonymous wrote:Washingtonian Problems just reported on instagram that the parent was inside of Le Labo when the baby and car were taken.

Yup Jackie Bentsen too.
“Witnesses tell @nbcwashington the child’s mother was inside the Le Labo fragrance store when the vehicle (with baby inside in car seat) was taken. Technically, that makes this a vehicle theft NOT a carjacking.”

I hope she is charged as who leaves a baby in the car in the middle of the winter to a fragrance shop. She didn't deserve that but you take the baby with you.

The parents lost everyone's sympathy. This is reckless. Many assumed parent was pumping gas, that is my worst nightmare.

I am sure what the parents did is illegal. Yes I am "blaming the victim" here but the real victim could have been the baby.

Me too- I try my best to aways fill up when my kid is in daycare for this reason- Im sure its irrational but still.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Take a bow ANC 3C. I’m sure Cleveland Park is proud of your work. Bravo!

https://anc3c.org/documents/2021-012-in-support-of-proposals-by-dc-police-reform-commission-report/

Some of those people are NUTS.

They have had DC Justice Lab speak at ANC meetings. One after Pinto's Emergency Bill passed in June to strategize how to push back on the temporary provisions.

[Anonymous]

Apparently the care giver left the baby in the car and was shopping. It’s now being called a car theft not a car jacking

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Anonymous wrote:The baby was left in the car seat on a street in SE but the car is still missing. Curious about where/with who?

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/4-month-old-girl-found-after-being-taken-in-georgetown-car-theft/3508529/

Thank goodness she is safe.

I hope these guys get charged with kidnapping and child abuse, and get put away for a long time.

Sounds like these guys are on the loose joyriding in the jeep? At our councilmembers safety walk the USAO representative told us they can't charge carjackers cos when four sets of prints are found they don't know who the jacker was.. COMPLETE IMPUNITY and zero solutions offered.

That really seems like laziness. If a link is found between all the suspects, clearly they all carjacked together.

Nope, not according to the communications guy from prosecution at the Council meet n' greet. We brought up carjackings (a friend of ours has been carjacked in DC), and according to the rep, "carjacking cases are very hard to prosecute because who is to say the person who is found with the car is the one who stole it?" So... they don't prosecute. Interpret that as you will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently the care giver left the baby in the car and was shopping. It’s now being called a car theft not a car jacking

Why don't we call it a kidnapping? Literally. Or are kids property in DC now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently the care giver left the baby in the car and was shopping. It’s now being called a car theft not a car jacking

Mostly peaceful car share.

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently the care giver left the baby in the car and was shopping. It’s now being called a car theft not a car jacking

The caretaker should absolutely be charged with some kind of child neglect, but that shouldn't change the charges on the perp... he stole a car with a person in it.

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Why are people saying caretaker instead of mother?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are people saying caretaker instead of mother?

We don’t know the gender identification of the caretaker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Washingtonian Problems just reported on instagram that the parent was inside of Le Labo when the baby and car were taken.

Yup Jackie Bentsen too.
“Witnesses tell @nbcwashington the child’s mother was inside the Le Labo fragrance store when the vehicle (with baby inside in car seat) was taken. Technically, that makes this a vehicle theft NOT a carjacking.”

I hope she is charged as who leaves a baby in the car in the middle of the winter to a fragrance shop. She didn't deserve that but you take the baby with you.

The parents lost everyone's sympathy. This is reckless. Many assumed parent was pumping gas, that is my worst nightmare.

I am sure what the parents did is illegal. Yes I am "blaming the victim" here but the real victim could have been the baby.

Me too- I try my best to aways fill up when my kid is in daycare for this reason- Im sure its irrational but still.

Not irrational at all. I don't even leave my dog in the car unlocked while I'm pumping gas. Very rational to worry about a child. I am a long time away from having to handle a kid in a carseat. Just thinking of it now makes me remember how vulnerable a parent is in those moments of getting a child into or out of the seat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Washingtonian Problems just reported on instagram that the parent was inside of Le Labo when the baby and car were taken.

Yup Jackie Bentsen too.
“Witnesses tell @nbcwashington the child’s mother was inside the Le Labo fragrance store when the vehicle (with baby inside in car seat) was taken. Technically, that makes this a vehicle theft NOT a carjacking.”

I hope she is charged as who leaves a baby in the car in the middle of the winter to a fragrance shop. She didn't deserve that but you take the baby with you.

The parents lost everyone's sympathy. This is reckless. Many assumed parent was pumping gas, that is my worst nightmare.

I am sure what the parents did is illegal. Yes I am "blaming the victim" here but the real victim could have been the baby.

Me too- I try my best to aways fill up when my kid is in daycare for this reason- Im sure its irrational but still.

Not irrational, former AG Karl Racine spoke of keeping cars topped up so his girlfriend and their young kids would not have to stop for fear of risks. Not irrational at all. Better than a mom who leaves the baby to buy perfume!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people saying caretaker instead of mother?

We don’t know the gender identification of the caretaker.

It was a woman. I suppose we can’t be sure it was the mother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Washingtonian Problems just reported on instagram that the parent was inside of Le Labo when the baby and car were taken.

Yup Jackie Bentsen too.
“Witnesses tell @nbcwashington the child’s mother was inside the Le Labo fragrance store when the vehicle (with baby inside in car seat) was taken. Technically, that makes this a vehicle theft NOT a carjacking.”

I hope she is charged as who leaves a baby in the car in the middle of the winter to a fragrance shop. She didn't deserve that but you take the baby with you.

The parents lost everyone's sympathy. This is reckless. Many assumed parent was pumping gas, that is my worst nightmare.

I am sure what the parents did is illegal. Yes I am "blaming the victim" here but the real victim could have been the baby.

Me too- I try my best to aways fill up when my kid is in daycare for this reason- Im sure its irrational but still.

Definitely reasonable! We make it a point not to get gas with our kid in the car. The only exception is Costco (we usually all go). It’s hard to comment on this story without feeling like I’m minimizing the car theft/carjacking problem that we have in this city…but what this parent did was beyond the pale. Completely unacceptable even somewhere much safer than DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The baby was left in the car seat on a street in SE but the car is still missing. Curious about where/with who?

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/4-month-old-girl-found-after-being-taken-in-georgetown-car-theft/3508529/

Thank goodness she is safe.

I hope these guys get charged with kidnapping and child abuse, and get put away for a long time.

Sounds like these guys are on the loose joyriding in the jeep? At our councilmembers safety walk the USAO representative told us they can't charge carjackers cos when four sets of prints are found they don't know who the jacker was.. COMPLETE IMPUNITY and zero solutions offered.

That really seems like laziness. If a link is found between all the suspects, clearly they all carjacked together.

Nope, not according to the communications guy from prosecution at the Council meet n' greet. We brought up carjackings (a friend of ours has been carjacked in DC), and according to the rep, "carjacking cases are very hard to prosecute because who is to say the person who is found with the car is the one who stole it?" So... they don't prosecute. Interpret that as you will.

What in the world is the logic of this? If a diamond necklace is stolen from someone and a person is found in possession of that necklace surely they can reasonably be charged with theft? Same with just about any other stolen goods. What is special about a car that we would think innocent people are just routinely driving stolen vehicles.

And why not at least charge with possession of stolen goods. If they want that charge dropped they can give a name of who they believed gave them lawful possession of the car? If you’re found with a vehicle that is stolen and you are innocent, you should have a reasonable story as to how this happened. Hand over the name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The baby was left in the car seat on a street in SE but the car is still missing. Curious about where/with who?

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/4-month-old-girl-found-after-being-taken-in-georgetown-car-theft/3508529/

Thank goodness she is safe.

I hope these guys get charged with kidnapping and child abuse, and get put away for a long time.

Sounds like these guys are on the loose joyriding in the jeep? At our councilmembers safety walk the USAO representative told us they can't charge carjackers cos when four sets of prints are found they don't know who the jacker was.. COMPLETE IMPUNITY and zero solutions offered.

That really seems like laziness. If a link is found between all the suspects, clearly they all carjacked together.

Nope, not according to the communications guy from prosecution at the Council meet n' greet. We brought up carjackings (a friend of ours has been carjacked in DC), and according to the rep, "carjacking cases are very hard to prosecute because who is to say the person who is found with the car is the one who stole it?" So... they don't prosecute. Interpret that as you will.

I mean this is probably true most of the time. People steal/carjack cars and give them to other people. If the car is obviously stolen, say a broken window with a hot wired ignition, there's charges you can prove more easily, but if a person is operating a car with a key it's harder. The conventional wisdom when I was doing criminal defense work 20 years ago in another jurisdiction was that those cases were generally winnable.