The man who police said stole a car in Hartford with a baby inside in December 2012 reached a plea agreement and will serve seven years in prison, according to his public defender.
Devon Mills, 26, accepted a plea agreement on second-degree kidnapping charges and entered his plea under the Alford doctrine. After serving his prison sentence, he will be on special parole for five years.
Luis Trinidad Jr., then 2 years old, was in the back seat of this father’s car when Mills stole it from on Main Street in Hartford, police said.
Mills has been charged withe drug possession in the past, according to information released in court.
Sources told NBC Connecticut that Mills and his friend stole the Cadillac to take it to the XL Center, where there was a Jingle Jam hiphop and R&B concert.
Mills' friend, at some point was taken to a local hospital because he had drugs in his system, the source said.
Police found the 4-door orange 2003 Cadillac CTS with CT shortly at 440 Asylum Street, near Bushnell Park, but the boy was not inside.
Mills, sources said, drove the stolen car from Hartford to Bristol and left the child with a friend.
Someone brought the little boy to Bristol police and he was reunited with his family.
