Dad robs home with his two toddlers in the stolen getaway car, Alabama cops say

A dad took his two toddlers along for a robbery and left them in the stolen getaway car at a gas station, Alabama police said.

Now, the man and a woman have been arrested.

A woman told deputies that she was pulling up to her home Jan. 20 when she saw a man and woman loading items from her house into an SUV, the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

The homeowner began to pursue them as they fled, but she stopped when the pair began firing shots at her, deputies said.

Authorities found the SUV at a gas station with the man’s 1-year-old and 2-year-old in the backseat, along with drugs and guns, according to the sheriff’s office. The man spotted deputies and ran into the convenience store, officials said.

Deputies said they caught the 22-year-old man trying to escape through the back door, and they caught the 23-year-old woman heading back to the vehicle from the store, according to WALA.

They were booked in Mobile County jail Jan. 20. The man faces 11 charges, including receiving stolen property, burglary, reckless endangerment, possession of a controlled substance and discharging a gun into an occupied vehicle, according to the sheriff’s office. The woman was charged with seven counts.

Their attorneys’ information is not available in jail records.

This story was originally published January 24, 2024 at 4:04 PM with the headline "Dad robs home with his two toddlers in the stolen getaway car, Alabama cops say."