A car theft from a Wawa parking lot went awry last week when two teenagers who stole an Acura realized there was a 5-year-old child inside the vehicle and ditched the car on a nearby side street, police said.

The duo was then arrested five days later when they returned to the Wawa where they had stolen another car and were recognized from surveillance footage, Burlington Township Police said. The pair were wearing the same clothes as they did when they stole the cars, authorities said.

Nasilo Cade, of Willingboro, and Desirie Zapata, of Eastampton, both 18, were arrested on Saturday after police say the stole two cars from Wawa parking lots in the township.

The pair first stole a silver F-150 pickup that was left running outside a Wawa on Salem Road on Dec. 16, police said. Around 7:10 p.m. that same day, Cade and Zapata abandoned the pickup and stole a black Acura MDX from a different Wawa parking lot on Mount Holly Road, police said.

A five-year-old inside the car was found unharmed after Cade and Zapata abandoned the Acura on a nearby side street, authorities said.

Five days later, officers patrolling the Wawa on Salem Road arrested Cade and Zapata, authorities said.

They were each charged with two counts of motor vehicle theft and one count of kidnapping and taken to the Burlington County Jail.

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