Philadelphia Man Attacks Woman, Steals Car With Baby Inside After Being Released From Jail, Police Say

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GREENSBURG, Pa. (CBS/AP) - A Pennsylvania man released from custody immediately stole a car in the jail's parking lot, according to authorities.

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Westmoreland County Prison officials say moments after 36-year-old Thomas Lee Williams was released, he attacked a woman in the parking lot Tuesday evening and stole her car with the victim's 1-year-old in the back seat. The Tribune-Review reports Williams crashed about 15 minutes later and ran into the woods where he was apprehended.

Police say the Philadelphia man was back in custody Wednesday on $250,000 bail. Both the boy and his grandmother were taken to hospitals to be checked out.

Williams pleaded guilty in January 2017 to dealing drugs and was ordered released Tuesday.

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No lawyer is listed in online court documents for Williams.

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