HOUSTON – Police said a 2-year-old girl is safe after a car theft at a laundromat in northeast Houston Tuesday, police said.
Officers said the incident happened around 3:20 a.m. in the 3500 block of Little York when someone took a vehicle that was running. Police said a child was inside the vehicle at the time.
Johnel McQueen, Journee’s mother, said she wasn’t gone for longer than two minutes when the little girl was taken. She left her car running with the toddler asleep in the backseat.
“She was sleep inside the car, that’s the only reason I left her in the car,” McQueen said.
“I walked in there, put the clothes inside the dryer. I could see the car from the inside and that’s what made me come out because I looked twice,” McQueen said. “I was already walking toward the car. I seen someone in the car and they drove off fast.”
According to officers, the little girl was found wandering in the parking lot and is okay.
“I’m just blessed that I got my child back, like most importantly,” Journee’s father, Justin Fulkins, said. “Really need to dot your I’s and cross your T’s when it comes to your kids.”
Police said up to three people could’ve been involved and the car was found abandoned nearby.