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Work-release inmates help rescue baby locked in SUV

By Associated Press

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — Some work-release inmates made a Valentine’s Day rescue when a Florida couple accidentally locked their baby inside their SUV.

Pasco County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Kevin Doll told a TV station the parents could not afford a locksmith, and the father intended to break a window.

That’s when a crew of inmates working nearby in their black-and-white striped uniforms offered to help.

They helped pry open the front door just enough for one inmate to use a coat hanger to push a button that unlocked the SUV.

The baby’s mother, Shadow Lantry, told a TV station the infant was “just sitting there happy” throughout Thursday’s ordeal.

Sheriff Chris Nocco said the inmates “want to do the right thing in life.”

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