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Police recover stolen car in Hartford with 3-year-old still inside

A motor vehicle theft occurred in Manchester just after 3 p.m. on Saturday, and ended under soon after when Hartford and state police recovered the vehicle at the bottom of Founders Bridge in Hartford and arrested the suspect.

36-year-old Leonel Colon-Ortiz was arrested on 10 charges, including larceny in the third and fifth degree, kidnapping in the second degree, possession of a controlled substance and carrying a dangerous weapon after stealing a car with a 3-year-old in the backseat outside of a Shell Gas Station in Manchester.

The vehicle was reported stolen at 3:18 p.m. A witness stated that the vehicle took off onto I-384 westbound.