‘That’s Not My Dad’ Says Child in Allegedly Stolen Car

A sheriff’s deputy was in the right place at the right time when a man flagged him down on the street claiming his vehicle, with his 2 children inside, had been stolen. Deputy Jonathan Pazmino Alvarez of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Florida found the vehicle immediately and pulled it over. That’s when he confronted the suspect. Bodycam shows the children were in the front seat and eager to be reunited with their dad. Inside Edition Digital’s Mara Montalbano has more.

[bantehayes]

Now thats how you arrest someone. Nobody got hurt and the situation was taken care of peacefully. Great cop.

[leotang]

Police officer de-escalated the situation perfectly!!! WELL DONE!! Happy the family was reunited with no injuries!!

[Nathan-fmmu]

Horrifying. Shows how quickly things like this can happen. No one should leave their kids in a car alone especially running. I guess they think something like this won’t happen to them. Also good job to the deputy for handling it well.

[roseannheckel]

This kid so cute- “he’s not my dad” so matter a fact! He was definitely on something! THANK GOD THOSE KIDS WERE OK!Thank u Officer for saving those children & that nice truck! So happy all ended well thanks to a Good hard working officer!

[sakurafalls]

This could have ended _horribly._ Those kids sounded so brave, not even panicking in this situation! I'm so glad this story got a good ending.

[monkeycat]

😎😎😎Glad that deputy was there good on that deputy. He was an angel there at the right time😇😇😇

[Tyexx]

Shout-out to the kid for being so calm and collected, and stating clearly "This is not my Dad".

[Oi]

Great cop thank you so much for your service! you handled the situation so well! and good job to the kids for being brave enough o speak up when it mattered most!

[UnfoundFuture]

Glad to see more coverage of this! This deputy did an amazing job, and we need to see more good acts from police on the news instead of the bad

[PhoenixPrime]

That must’ve been terrifying for those kids! Thank God they were returned to their dad safely!!!

[Rob-hyvb]

I honestly couldn't leave my kids in the car while I popped in for something not in this life, when will people learn

[PrettyUnique]

I like how the kids had NO problem telling the office the kidnapper wasn’t their dad. The little boy lean on the dash board

[NoahGrace]

I hope those kids aren’t too traumatized after this. I was in a car with my brother a few years ago and some guy hopped in and started backing up. Luckily we jumped out of the car before he went to fast. I’m still suffering major ptsd and I wasn’t even in the car for the whole journey… I wish these brave kids a speedy recovery.

[AnnaAnnieAnneofGreenGables]

Great job officer! It's not about force but to descalate the situation whenever possible.

For their sake, your sake and God's sake.

[liamn.]

It’s great to see respectful, patient, and just an overall good cop!
Especially in this day of age, good job Deputy 👏

[Momofgrannytomany]

Thank God this officer was in the right place at the right time and the kids spoke up saying that's not my dad. Awesome job sir awesome job

[JNineyy]

LOL "If I step out you're going to punch me". 😂I don't know why but I find that funny.

[yadinavarro]

Stop leaving the doors unlocked and kids inside

[robbieogle]

Look how they play victim. "Youre gonna punch me". Um yeahhh. Lol

[BackwoodTexan]

How nice of the deputy to be so gentle with him