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Wilmington Police have arrested a man on vehicle theft and kidnapping charges.
 
On February 12 at approximately 7:52 p.m., police were dispatched to the 100 block of North Dupont Street in reference to the theft of an occupied vehicle. Responding officers learned that the owner of the vehicle was unloading his car – which had his two children, a 1-year-old and an 8-year-old, inside – when a subject got into the vehicle and drove off.
 
Additional officers responded to the area and located the vehicle several blocks away, in the 1800 block of Linden Street. Officers located the children, unharmed, and observed the suspect, 35-year-old Hakeem Cintron, flee from the vehicle. Cintron was taken into custody a short time later in the area of South Dupont and Elm Streets.
 
Cintron has been charged with the following offenses:

• Kidnapping (First Degree) – Two Counts
• Theft of a Motor Vehicle
• Conspiracy (Second Degree)
• Reckless Endangering (Second Degree)
• Resisting Arrest
• Criminal Mischief Under $1,000