Horrifying moment where a mother breastfeeding her baby is allegedly mugged in broad daylight before police chase the man and drag him out of the vehicle
- The 35-year-old was arrested following an alleged carjacking crime in QLD
- A mother breastfeeding her baby has her car stolen on the Sunshine Coast
- After a dramatic police chase, a man was arrested and hit with 21 charges
A young mother was allegedly kidnapped by car while breastfeeding her baby in a mall parking lot, sparking a dramatic police chase.
A 35-year-old man is now in custody and facing 21 charges after he committed an alleged carjacking crime in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast in September.
The footage shows a man in high-visibility clothing walking down the sidewalk before spotting the woman and her child and opening the door.
The shocked mother can be seen running away with the child through the parking lot as the man in the silver hatchback drives away.
The 35-year-old man is said to have spotted the woman in the car outside a shopping center and ordered her off before driving away in her hatchback (pictured).
Dashcam footage from a police motorcycle then shows the same car driving off-road through a residential area before being blocked by a fence.
The officer orders the driver to the ground and handcuffs him.
Police claim the man began his crime spree on September 1 when he broke into homes and stole cars in the north Brisbane suburbs of Morningside, Gordon Park and Kedron.
On September 2, the man allegedly broke into a home in Minyama on the Sunshine Coast at around 6:20 am and stole a Toyota LandCruiser 4WD that was later allegedly speeding on the wrong side of the road.
After three hours, the car was parked in the nearby suburb of Woombye, where the man allegedly broke into another house and demanded car keys to another LandCruiser from the homeowner.
That vehicle was also later abandoned in the Buddina suburb, where the man allegedly broke into another house and demanded keys to a third LandCruiser.
A motorcycle cop chased the car through a suburban neighborhood and arrested it (pictured)
That car was driven to the Big Top Shopping Center in Maroochydore, where the man allegedly assaulted the young mother in the silver sedan.
Police patrols then tracked the man through the Sunshine Coast suburbs, claiming he was speeding and ignoring red lights.
The hatchback eventually jammed in a neighborhood of Sippy Downs and one man was arrested by a motorcycle officer.
Police have filed 21 charges against the man, including six counts of burglary, six counts of unlawful use of a car, two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and armed robbery.
He stood before Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Saturday, where he was remanded in custody to appear again on November 4.
