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Kidnapping charges filed against man who stole vehicle with 6-year-old inside

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INDIANAPOLIS -- Kidnapping charges have been filed against he man who police say stole an SUV on Friday with sleeping 6-year-old boy inside.

Dayna Johnson,23, is charged with kidnapping and stealing a vehicle. 

The boy's mother told officers that she left her 2002 white Ford Explorer running with her son asleep inside while she went to get something.  When she came back, the SUV and her son were gone. 

The boy was found safe inside the vehicle at the State Fairgrounds near the Pepsi Coliseum about an hour later. 

Johnson was arrested a short time later. 

Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department want to remind the public that it's not safe to leave your vehicle with your children inside or to leave your vehicle unlocked and running while unattended.