On February 11, 2025, at about 9:58 am officers were dispatched to the 2200 block of Baldwin Ct in reference to a stolen vehicle. The victim stated her vehicle had just been stolen and her two toddlers were in the back seat.

Officers arrived at the location to contact the victim and get a description of the stolen vehicle. While officers began to search the area for the stolen grey sedan, another call came into dispatch involving two children that were found on a sidewalk.

Officers arrived near the intersection of Mary St. and Bluntzer St. and located two toddlers in car seats. Both were the toddlers from the stolen vehicle. Both were unharmed and shortly reunited with family.

As officers continued searching for the stolen vehicle, they located it traveling on S. Port Ave. Officers attempted a traffic stop of the vehicle, but it fled at a high rate of speed. Officers were able to contain the vehicle in a neighborhood off Baldwin Blvd.

Officers then located the vehicle near Baldwin Blvd. and Shawnee St. They were able to take the offender into custody without further incident.

17-year-old Xyrenthian Maxwell was arrested and charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, abandon/endangering a child, evading arrest w/ a vehicle, and possession of marijuana.

He was transported to the city detention center.