A 14 year-old girl stole a car from a gas station in Boca Raton Tuesday, while a girl was sitting in it waiting for her father, police say.

According to officials with the Boca Raton Police Department, a man left his 12 year-old daughter in his 2003 Nissan Murano with the engine running and the doors unlocked shortly after 5:00 p.m. Wednesday. As the man went to pay for gas at the Valero gas station in the 1300 block of North Federal Highway, the 14 year-old rushed up to the driver’s side door, opened it and kicked the 12 year-old out. The teen then sped off, police say.

Mark Economou, a spokesman for the Boca Raton police department said there are three things that should not be done at a gas station, “leave the door unlocked, the car running, and a minor unsupervised inside.”

“Even if you have no one in your car you should lock the doors while you’re pumping gas,” Economou said. “There have been several cases of thieves taking things from vehicles while an oblivious car owner is pumping gas.

If you have been charged with a crime in Boca Raton, please contact Boca Raton theft defense attorney Eric N. Klein by calling 561-353-2800.