San Jose Woman Steals SUV With Boy Inside In Sunnyvale: DPS

Cupertino CA

28 February, 2022

1:22 PM

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SUNNYVALE, CA — A San Jose woman was arrested at her home Sunday night after authorities said she stole an SUV with a 2-year-old boy inside in Sunnyvale. Luong Tammy Huynh, 29, faces charges including kidnapping, child endangerment and vehicle theft, the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety said Monday. She remains held at the Santa Clara County Main Jail. Huynh stole the SUV while the boy's mother was unloading groceries just before 4 a.m. Sunday. Authorities issued an Amber Alert at the time. Melissa Jardine, 29, told the East Bay Times she was taking in a second load of groceries at a motel and her son was asleep in the SUV when he was abducted. "Before I even got out of my room, I heard a car squeal, and as I came out here, he was gone, the car was gone, everybody was gone," she said. Around 6 p.m. Sunday, a Sunnyvale patrol officer found the boy inside the stolen 2008 Buick Enclave in a parking lot about 4 miles away. He was taken to hospital as a precaution and appeared to be unharmed and healthy, authorities said. He was to be reunited with his mother. Officers found video of Huynh as the thief, authorities said, and arrested her at her Florence Avenue home around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Photo of surveillance video showing the person suspected of stealing an SUV in Sunnyvale while a 2-year-old boy was inside.Photo credit: Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety. Photo of the stolen Buick Enclave. Authorities found a 2-year-old boy inside the vehicle, which was about 4 miles away from where he was taken. Photo credit: Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety.