Teenager taken into custody after missing baby found outside Orlando

COCONUT CREEK – A newborn baby was missing from South Florida for about seven hours on Monday, enough time for the baby’s 17-year-old father to get him to Apopka, a city northwest of Orlando, by nighttime.

Police said the father, Jonathan Garcia, 17, forcibly abducted the newborn from the baby’s mother and then took off with him in an Uber on Monday afternoon. Police issued an Amber Alert on Monday for the missing newborn, Joshua Pachon Quinteron. They said the 19-day-old baby stays at a Coconut Creek address with his mother, and Garcia was seen getting out of the Uber in Oakland Park.

Authorities located the baby and Garcia in Apopka and took Garcia into custody. The baby appears to be OK, and was taken to the hospital for an evaluation, police said.

Coconut Creek Police investigated the domestic dispute between Garcia and the mother in the 4900 block of Fisherman’s Drive at 2:30 p.m., according to a news release. Officers determined Garcia “forcibly removed” his son from the baby’s mother.

Witnesses told police that they saw Garcia hitting and shaking the baby as he was running away, the release said. Officers determined Garcia took the baby in an Uber to Oakland Park, where he was seen getting out near the intersection of Northeast 10th Avenue and Northeast 38th Street. (midday): 0-9 (midday): 6-8-6 (midday): 8-8-0-7 (midday): 0-5-1-0-5

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