Is there any hope for the future?

Think this kid was playing GTA: San Andreas?

13-year-old charged with stealing car with baby inside

By:Dave Balut


Tampa, Florida - Major George McNamara says he’s known Burall Reynolds family for almost 25 years.

Maj. George McNamara, Tampa Police Dept.:
“This is personal with me. What do you do to save a kid like this?”

McNamara says Reynolds has been arrested three times since May. And now the 13-year-old is charged with stealing a 2003 Mitsubishi Gallant with a baby inside.

Maria Muniz stepped inside her parent’s home on West Orient Street Monday night and left her car running in the driveway. When she came out less than a minute later, the car was gone.

And her one-year-old son Christian was still in the back seat.

Maj. George McNamara:
“Unfortunately two subjects came along jumped into the car stole it drove about a block took the baby out, left the baby in the street, and then stole the car.”

The child was returned safely to his mother. Now Burall Reynolds is charged with Grand Theft Auto, Auto Burglary, Aggravated Child Abuse and False Imprisonment of a Child under the age of 13.

Maj. McNamara:
“Where are the parents, where’s the system, we’ve got to do more to protect the community as well as try to give this kid a chance for the future. Because he’s 13, he’s looking at being adjudicated as an adult and Florida state prison.”

Just before the two teenagers stole the Mitsubishi, neighbor Loretta Riffe says the same boys tried to steal her mini-van but someone scared them away. Now she’s using a screwdriver to start her vehicle.

Loretta Riffe, Auto Burglary Victim: “I think that parents need to get their act together personally, I think they need to train their children that this is a crime and they’re going to be paying for it.”

Police say Burall Reynolds confessed to the car theft. He’s now in the juvenile assessment center, again. Investigators are still looking for his young partner in crime.