After pulling up to Kenner store in stolen car, man steals another with a child inside, police say

Authorities say a 10-year-old boy was sitting inside a car parked outside of a Kenner store when a thief drove off with the vehicle on Sunday.

The suspect, Mackenzie Switzer, 36, arrived at the business in a car that had been reported stolen in New Orleans. Switzer was later arrested while trying to take a third vehicle at another business in Metairie, according to Kenner Police Deputy Chief Mark McCormick.

Kenner officers were dispatched to a store in the 200 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Kenner about 1:45 p.m. after they received a call from a woman who reported that her car had been taken, McCormick said.

The victim told investigators she'd parked her 2023 Nissan Rogue out front and left her son in the running vehicle while she ducked into the store, according to authoritie