Kidnapping suspect due in court Monday

7 years ago

A 911 call reveals a desperate dad's anguish and an unusual twist as he chased the thief who stole his SUV with his three kids inside Saturday afternoon. The panicked dad was riding with another driver he apparently didn't know. The good Samaritan driver said he saw the thief take off from the parking lot on West Galbraith Road and told the dad to get in his car. Then they chased him together. "Oh my god, he stole my truck! My kids are in the truck!" a man who identified himself as Courtney Wells yelled in a 911 call. "I'm in the car with somebody. We're chasing him. He stole my kids! Please, I got three kids in that car." The dispatcher asked Wells to calm down and tell him where they were driving. After a few moments, Wells came to a shocking realization. "Did he turn? Oh my god, I think we lost him," Wells cried. The driver told the 911 dispatcher that he just happened to be there when the thief took off. "I saw what happened so I said, 'Come on!" The thief sped off and crossed the center line several times trying to elude them, police said.

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