A thief in Oregon stole a woman’s car but later returned it to her because she left her child in the backseat. According to police, the man came back to lecture the victim of the car theft for leaving the child unattended.

Oregon police are still searching for a man who stole a car Saturday morning without knowing a child was in the backseat.

Police say when the suspect saw the child he returned to the mother and reprimanded her, threatened to call the police on her and then drove away in her car.

Beaverton Police Spokesman Officer Matt Henderson spoke to CNN and said,“He hopped in the car, drove it, realized there was a 4-year-old inside, and drove back and ordered her to take the child out of the car and then drove away again,”.. “We’re thankful he had the decency to bring the little one back.”

The little boy was unharmed, police said.

The victim, Crystal Leary, was at a meat market in Beaverton, when she left the engine of her car running and doors unlocked before going inside for a few minutes to purchase meat and a gallon of milk.

She was just 15 feet away from the car on the other side of the glass, Henderson said, but turned around at the wrong moment.

“As moms, we get really busy and we think we’re just running in for a second and this is just a perfect example of just letting our guards down and how terrible it could have ended,” Crystal Leary, the mother, told CNN affiliate KPTV.

“I am thankful that he is okay. It was so stupid and I’ll never do that again, but it’s that split second decision that can just change everything.”

The car, a 2013 silver Honda Pilot, was recovered a few hours later in Portland, just 8 miles away from Beaverton. Police are still searching for the thief, according to Henderson.

The suspect is described as a White male with long, dark brown braided hair. He wore a multi-colored face mask.

Anyone with information on the car theft can contact Beaverton police at 503-629-0111.