WILD STORY: “‘Get in. We’re going to get the baby.’”
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. - After police say a man stole a grandmother’s SUV with her sleeping grandchild inside, a good Samaritan helped her chase down the thief.
Authorities identified the suspect as 55-year-old Paul Ludeman, seen loitering near the store in surveillance video. Good Samaritan Bill Gorga was just about to buy his wife champagne for Valentine’s Day when he allegedly witnessed Ludeman jump into the grandmother’s SUV and drive off.Having seen the crime and the now frantic grandmother, Gorga knew he had to act.
The pair chased after Ludeman, carefully cutting him off about half a mile up the road, where the grandmother jumped out. She ran up to the SUV and got inside in an attempt to rescue her grandchild.“Gets in to get the baby, and this guy takes off,” Gorga said.
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