Stolen Truck Recovered with Sleeping Boy Inside

Hollywood - A 5-year-old boy who was inside a pickup truck that was stolen in the Hollywood Hills today was found safe a short time later, police said.

The gray Toyota pickup truck with a the boy inside had been stolen from the 2400 block of Beechwood Drive about 9:15 a.m., said Richard French of the Los Angeles Police Department.

The truck and the child were found nearby at about 10:05 a.m., police said. The suspected car thief remained at large.