Metro Police have charged a woman with aggravated kidnapping accused of stealing a car with a one-year-old inside from Kroger last month in Memphis, Tennessee.
Police said 33-year-old Brandi Rhodes caused an Amber Alert to be issued when she stole a car from the Inglewood Kroger on Oct. 6. Police said the parents were grocery shopping when they came out to find their car gone. Luckily, the police recovered the car a few hours later with the child inside.
With the use of surveillance video, investigators identified the suspect as Rhodes. On Wednesday, Rhodes was arrested after a person notified police of a stolen vehicle at the Mapco gas station in the 2600 block of Murfreesboro Pike.
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In connection with the Kroger car theft, Rhodes is faces aggravated burglary, several counts of felony theft, and joyriding charges.
Police have cited the parents of a one-year-old child. Police have charged 29-year-old Ruhumuriza Mukunzi and the mother, 26-year-old Nyirankumi Nyirankumi by citation with child endangerment, a misdemeanor.
According to Tennessee law, it’s illegal to leave a child younger than seven unattended in a car if the conditions present a risk to the child’s health or safety, the engine is running, or the keys to the vehicle are inside.
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