ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A man is facing charges after Rochester Police say he stole an SUV from a parking lot with a woman and a child inside on Tuesday afternoon.

Kyle Monroe, 34, is charged with felony grand larceny and misdemeanor unlawful imprisonment. He will be arraigned on those charges in Rochester City Court on Wednesday.

Both people are safe and police were able to recover the car. Bernice Scott was in the running Dodge Journey with an 8-year-old girl in a store parking lot on Lyell Avenue. The suspect took off at about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday with both of them still inside.

The driver took them on a short ride and dropped them off along Dewey Avenue.

“It was scary, and he was cursing at us,” Bernice said. She added: “He was very nasty and stuff, he hollered at me, at the kid, my niece. He was cursing at us.”

A good Samaritan picked up Bernice and the child and dropped them off at a fire station on Dewey Avenue.

Rochester Fire Lt. Paul Singer says he and firefighters had just gotten back from an EMS call when the doorbell rang. They brought Bernice and the child inside and helped calm them down.

Then at around 4:30 p.m., Rochester Police officers — who were on the lookout for the SUV after being alerted to its theft by the motorist who came out of the store to find the vehicle and people missing — spotted the Dodge Journey and tried to stop it. The driver turned onto the CSX railroad tracks along Lyell Avenue near Glide Street.

“Inside the vehicle there was a 34-year-old male — the man we believe to be connected to the earlier stolen vehicle,” RPD Capt. Adam Radens said.

Rochester Police are thankful no one was hurt and say there are steps you can take to protect yourself.

“We see it often. We encourage people to not leave their keys in their car if they’re going to be outside of it, but unfortunately this car was taken,” Radens said.

It’s an experience Bernice and her niece won’t forget anytime soon.

“I’m glad he got him,” she said.