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Watch: Carjacking suspect leaves victim's baby by side of road

By Stephanie Weaver
Published  July 1, 2024 12:47pm MST
Crime and Public Safety
FOX TV Stations

Video shows carjacking suspect leaving victim's baby by side of road

Surveillance video was obtained showing the suspect exiting the vehicle with the child in the car seat and leaving her on a sidewalk. (Credit: Broward County Sheriff's Office)

OAKLAND PARK, Fla. - Broward Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit detectives have arrested the suspect who carjacked a woman and drove off with her child in the back seat. 

According to BSO, an anonymous tip led to the identification of the suspect, 35-year-old Willio Petioma. 

Officials said Broward County Regional Communications received a call reporting a stolen vehicle in Oakland Park, Florida shortly after 8:28 a.m. on Wednesday, June 26. 

The preliminary investigation revealed the victims, a mother and her three-year-old daughter, were involved in a car accident with another vehicle. When the mother exited her car to exchange information with the other driver, the suspect entered the driver side of her vehicle and began to drive away with her child inside. 

Surveillance video was obtained showing the suspect exiting the vehicle with the child in the car seat and leaving her on a sidewalk (Credit: Broward County Sheriff's Office)

Investigators said the mother grabbed onto the front passenger door of her vehicle and yelled out to the subject that her child was inside of the car. The mother was dragged before falling to the ground as the subject drove away.    

Surveillance video was obtained showing the suspect exiting the vehicle with the child in the car seat and leaving her on a sidewalk. Another moment captures the man abandoning the vehicle. The final video captures the man using the victim’s credit card at a Family Dollar store.  

Surveillance video still. (Credit: Broward County Sheriff's Office)

On Sunday, June 30, Petioma was taken into custody. He faces charges that include kidnapping, carjacking, interfering with custody of a minor and illegal use of a credit card. He was also arrested on a Palm Beach County warrant for possession of cocaine and resisting an officer.

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This story was reported from Los Angeles.