Man accused of stealing car with child inside on Thanksgiving caught: police

The driver who stole a car carrying a 7-year-old boy in the Bronx on Thanksgiving was arrested Saturday, police said.

Mohamed Sakho faced a long list of charges including car theft, kidnapping, robbery, unlawful imprisonment and abandonment of a child, police said.

The family’s nightmare began when the child’s father parked his Acura RDX on Mac Donough Place in the Country Club district of the Bronx on Thursday and took his 2-year-old into the family home, cops said.

When he returned moments later to pick up his 7-year-old, he saw a stranger driving away with his son still inside, police said.

Police used the child’s mother’s phone to track the car through the Acura app.

As police searched for the stolen car and boy, they learned of an accident involving a vehicle matching the description of the Acura.

A witness called police after seeing the boy standing outside the Acura crying, a police source said.

Sakho, 22, was arrested Friday for an unrelated robbery across the street from 250 Baychester Ave. picked up, the police said.

According to the police, he is said to have forcibly taken a bag from a 42-year-old man.

According to police, Sakho was arrested back in April for criminal possession of a loaded weapon.

He was awaiting arraignment Saturday afternoon.