GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA (AP) – Three young children were being treated for frostbite in Nebraska on Sunday after police said two suspects stole an SUV while they were inside.
Around 3am on Sunday, when temperatures were around zero degrees, a man reported that his 2012 Chevrolet Traverse had been stolen with his three children inside, said Grand Island Police.
An 18-year-old man and 17-year-old boy were arrested with the SUV before authorities found the five-year-old and one-year-old around 5am inside a second vehicle that had been reported stolen in Kearney. About half an hour later, the infant was found on the front porch of a farmhouse in Hall County.
All three children had suspected hypothermia and frostbite.
The Traverse was involved in a police pursuit before officers knew about the children.
Eventually, investigators tracked the Traverse to a rural area of neighbouring Buffalo County, and arrested the suspects.
The teens are facing an assortment of charges including kidnapping and intentional child abuse.
