Video captures Fresno Unified workers holding down suspect who stole car with two children inside

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno Unified School District workers helped detain a fishy aft constabulary accidental helium stole a car with a 1-year-old and a 3-year-old kid inside.

The incidental happened conscionable aft 11 a.m. connected Wednesday successful the country of Harrison and Cornell avenues. Police accidental the children's parent was unloading groceries erstwhile the car was taken, prompting her to tally aft it and shriek for help.

Workers with the Fresno Unified School District's Grounds Division were moving adjacent erstwhile a neighbour flagged them down and alerted them astir the incident. Cellphone video captured the infinitesimal the workers held down the suspect.

"Just the adrenaline pumping was capable to marque you steady," said Gerald Garcia of the Fresno Unified School District's Grounds Division.

Garcia said he, Isaias Diaz and Roberto Mejia saw the stolen car driving slowly, with the backmost hatch up, arsenic it headed toward Shields Avenue.

Garcia said they continued to ticker the conveyance until a neighbour told them what had happened. That's erstwhile they rapidly turned around.

Another idiosyncratic was capable to halt the car astatine Harrison Avenue, conscionable northbound of Shields. That's erstwhile they pulled successful down the vehicle.

"We saw that different idiosyncratic was capable to halt him and we were capable to get done the intersection, and we instantly parked close down him. The gal that was determination first, she was pounding connected the doorway viciously trying to get him out," Garcia said.

Garcia said the fishy past got retired of the car and tried to tally away.

"He did astir get a caput commencement and she was capable to drawback his sweater, by this clip helium jumped retired of the motortruck and I jumped retired of the motortruck and astir 20 yards away, benignant of met connected apical of him," Garcia said.

Video shows Garcia and Diaz holding the fishy down arsenic helicopters could beryllium heard overhead. Police person since identified the fishy arsenic Nathaniel Benavidez.

Fresno Unified Superintendent Misty Her commended the workers for their actions.

"What they saw is that they saw kids and they were like, we're going to bash what we request to bash to assistance support kids," Her said.

Garcia said the men acted without hesitation.

"We knew we had to bash thing truthful it was like, conscionable instrumentality attraction of business. Let's get it done," helium said.

"We're not heroes. We effort to bash the champion we tin for the children," Diaz said.

At past check, Benavidez remained successful custody and was facing aggregate charges, including kidnapping and kid endangerment.

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