'Noticed that a blanket … moved': Parents left 4-month-old baby at crime scene after driving away from stealing copper cables, cops say

A antheral and pistillate successful Pennsylvania are accused of leaving their 4-month-old babe down astatine a transgression country aft constabulary responded to a reported theft.

Joseph Daniels, 49, and Angelina Williams, 32, are each charged with theft by unlawful taking, endangering the payment of children, theft of secondary metal, receiving stolen property, transgression mischief, transgression conspiracy, and possessing an instrumentality of crime, the Upper Chichester Township Police Department announced.

A 3rd suspect, 47-year-old Ray Gibase, faces the aforesaid charges.

At astir 2:15 a.m. connected March 30, the 3 defendants were "tampering with cablegram wires" adjacent the 3100 artifact of Meetinghouse Road successful Upper Chichester Township, Pennsylvania, constabulary said. They reportedly had a maroon Chrysler 300 with them, arsenic good arsenic a Jeep Liberty.

Police responded to the country and said they saw the Chrysler "with cablegram ligament protruding from the unfastened trunk and manus saws successful plain presumption connected the rider seats." The trio were allegedly cutting an inactive Verizon cable, per determination ABC affiliate WPVI.

"The copper wrong the cables is simply a blistery point for the precious metals to beryllium melted down and taken to wherever they tin to get pawned," Upper Chichester Police Department Lt. Christopher Jones told the outlet.

The constabulary section said its officers "secured and towed" the Chrysler to its office and waited for a hunt warrant to beryllium approved. However, portion inspecting it, an serviceman "observed a babe car spot covered with a blanket. He past noticed question and discovered an babe inside."

"Once it was backmost here, our officers were checking the exterior of the car, and 1 serviceman noticed that a broad successful the backseat moved slightly," Jones said.

Officers went wrong and recovered that the babe lad was "unharmed" and sleeping. He was brought to a section infirmary to beryllium looked over.

The 3 suspects are believed to person driven distant successful the Jeep arsenic the officers initially arrived astatine the transgression scene. Sometime later, officers with the Aston Police Department stopped the conveyance and recovered Williams and Gibase inside, arsenic good arsenic a "saw leaf nether the rider seat."

"Further probe determined that the infant's mother, Angelina Williams, was progressive successful the cablegram ligament tampering incident," the Upper Chichester Police Department said. "She was subsequently taken into custody and admitted to her involvement."

Gibase was released but turned himself successful to constabulary connected Sunday. Daniels — identified by WPVI arsenic the baby's begetter — was driving a maroon Chrysler 300 connected Saturday greeting with 3 women wrong erstwhile troopers pulled him over. "Upon further investigation, Troopers determined that Daniels had an progressive apprehension warrant issued by the Upper Chichester Township Police Department." He was arrested.

Police did not accidental whether this was the aforesaid Chrysler that they had towed and recovered the babe inside.

Court records amusement that each 3 defendants person appeared for a preliminary arraignment. Williams is scheduled to person a preliminary proceeding connected Thursday, portion Daniels and Gibase are scheduled to person theirs connected April 16.

Williams is being held connected $100,000 bail, Daniels is being held connected $45,000 bail, and Gibase is being held connected $50,000 bail.