Aunt charged after suspects steal car with baby inside in Bay Shore

BAY SHORE, N.Y. (WABC) -- Police on Long Island have arrested a Bay Shore woman after she allegedly left her niece alone in a running vehicle, which was subsequently stolen, while she went into a sandwich shop in Bay Shore.

Authorities say Gail Solomon, 43, entered a Subway restaurant on Union Boulevard around 8 a.m., leaving her 4-month-old niece in the backseat of her car, which was left running and unlocked. While Solomon was inside the store, police say a white man wearing jeans and a dark sweater or sweatshirt stole the vehicle with the baby still inside.

Two other people reportedly got into the stolen car on Union Boulevard. The vehicle as abandoned a short time later with the unharmed baby inside on Cherry Street, between Third and Fourth avenues. Police are still searching for the three suspects.

Solomon was charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

The investigation is continuing, and anyone with information is asked to call the Third Squad at 854-8352 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.