Police from the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill are looking for a suspect who allegedly stole a car with a 5-year-old boy in the backseat in broad daylight on Tuesday, Oct. 20.

The perpetrator entered a Honda Accord at around 10 a.m. that was parked with the keys in the ignition in front of a home at 94-31 118th St., a half block south of Atlantic Avenue in South Richmond Hill . The suspect drove about a mile east to the vicinity of 101st Avenue and 131st Street, where the boy managed to exit the vehicle unharmed. The suspect sped off in an unknown direction.

EMS responded and transported the youngster to Queens Hospital Center in Jamaica in stable condition to make sure he was not injured as a matter of protocol, an NYPD spokesperson said Thursday.

The NYPD released surveillance video footage of the suspect as he walked along 118th Street. He has a light complexion with a black mustache and was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and dark-colored pants.

A reward of up to $3,500 is being offered for information that leads to his arrest and indictment.

Anyone with information regarding this grand larceny auto investigation is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging on to the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are strictly confidential.

Through Oct.18, the 102nd Precinct has reported 278 grand larcenies so far in 2026, two more than the 276 reported at the same point last year, an increase of 0.7%, according to the most recent CompStat report.

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