Overview
- Police say CCTV shows a man removing a 15-month-old from a red Volkswagen, placing the child in a cardboard box, then driving off from a Shepparton supermarket car park on November 14.
- The mother found the baby unharmed moments later, and police said the car had been left running, unlocked and with the air conditioner on.
- The stolen vehicle was located the next day in nearby Mooroopna.
- A 32-year-old Mooroopna man was arrested in central Shepparton on November 21 and has been remanded in custody.
- He faces charges including theft of a motor vehicle, reckless conduct endangering serious injury and committing an indictable offence while on bail, with additional counts tied to an unrelated November 17 police pursuit.