NASHUA, N.H (WHDH) - A 42-year-old Nashua man was charged with kidnapping after he allegedly stole a car with two children inside Wednesday, police announced.
Nashua police in a statement said officers first responded to the area of Danforth Drive after receiving a report of a stolen vehicle. Witnesses later told investigators they saw a man enter the car while it was idling in the parking lot of an apartment complex and drive off.
Police said the victim told officers her children were in the back seat of the car.
Police told 7NEWS the children’s mother was working as an Uber delivery driver and was dropping a delivery off at the apartment complex when this incident happened. Though the man briefly stole the car, police said he got turned around in the parking lot, allowing witnesses to stop him and pull him out of the car.
Police said the man, identified as Andrew Colvin, then fled the area. The children were not physically injured.
“Well I put my shoes on and I ran out there and the mother was like, ‘That’s the car, that’s the car,’ and I just ran up to the car and opened the door and tried to get them out of there. I really was just thinking about how many times you see these kids getting taken and you kind of wish you were there, so seeing this mother I was like ‘We need to help her,'” a witness said.
Police said officers soon found Colvin and took him into custody. Already out on bail from a previous prowling incident, Colvin is now facing charges including two counts of kidnapping, theft by unauthorized taking and driving after license revocation or suspension.
Police said Colvin admitted to stealing the car during questioning and said he planned to drop the children in the car off at a nearby gas station.
Speaking Thursday afternoon, Nashua police Sgt. John Cinelli said the situation was “concerning.”
“It’s concerning for any parent out there,” he said. “It’s probably your worst nightmare. But its just a concerning situation because we don’t know what his motives were and what his thoughts were.”
Colvin was being held on $1,000 cash bail as of Thursday afternoon ahead of his arraignment in court.
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