Woman arrested after stealing car with 2 children inside

Jul 6, 2022, 4:47 PM | Updated: 4:50 pm

FILE

KSLTV.com

HOBBS, New Mexico (KOAT) — One woman has been arrested after police say she stole a car with children inside on July 4.

Hobbs police say they responded to the 3700 block of Dal Paso for a report of a stolen vehicle. Officers say the victim parked her vehicle and went inside a store. When the woman came back to her car, police say Regina Castillo then stole the victim’s car. Inside that car were the victim’s 6-year-old daughter and 11-month-old son.

Police say they found the car a few minutes later at a nearby intersection and began to chase the car. During the chase, police say Castillo abandoned the 6-year-old at the intersection of Apache and Fowler, in Hobbs.

Woman arrested after stealing car with children inside https://t.co/ia8nP1Nsce

— KOAT.com (@koat7news) July 6, 2022

Officers later found the stolen vehicle abandoned and later found and arrested Castillo hiding behind another vehicle in a residential neighborhood.

Both children were found safe and were reunited with their family.

CNN

ROHNERT PARK, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 17: In an aerial view, a sign is posted on the exterior of a Red L...

Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN

What went wrong at Red Lobster

All you can eat shrimp, might be the downfall of the seafood restaurant chain that is considering bankruptcy.

11 hours ago

The cargo ship Dali trapped under the remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Marylan...

Anna Cooban, CNN

The company that rebuilt Genoa bridge is offering to do the same for Baltimore

The Italian company that helped rebuild a bridge that collapsed in Genoa in 2018 says it is ready to do the same in Baltimore.

18 hours ago

FILE - A woman wheels a cart with her purchases out of a Walmart store, Nov. 18, 2020, in Derry, N....

Samantha Delouya, CNN

Tons of ground beef sold at Walmart’s nationwide recalled for possible E. coli contamination

More than 16,000 pounds of raw ground beef products were recalled by the US Department of Agriculture on Wednesday on concerns the meat may be contaminated with E. coli.

1 day ago

Bryan Kohberger is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in late 2022. (Ted S. Warre...

Jim Sciutto, Eric Levenson and Jean Casarez, CNN

‘This case is turning into a hamster wheel’: Family of slain University of Idaho student frustrated at pace of murder trial

The family of slain University of Idaho student Kaylee Goncalves on Thursday expressed their frustration at the pace of the murder trial for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing their daughter and three other students.

1 day ago