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Baby safe after being abducted in stolen vehicle in East Falls, police say

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A baby was found safe along a sidewalk in Philly’s East Falls section late Monday after, police said, the child was abducted when a vehicle was stolen. According to Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small, the incident happened just after 11 p.m. on Monday night when a vehicle was stolen from the 3400 block of Henry Avenue in Philly’s East Falls community. At that time, Small said, a woman parked her can in front of her family’s home and, at some point, the vehicle was stolen by an unknown individual. However, the victim had a tracking device on the car and was able to help police located the stolen vehicle. Yet, when officers tracked down the vehicle after it was abandoned along the 4000 block of Parkside Avenue, there was a baby seat inside the car, Small said, but the child was missing. Officers then returned to Henry Avenue where, Small said, they located a family member who found the one-year-old child abandoned on a street corner about a block away from where the vehicle