A woman was shocked to find a baby in what she had assumed was an empty infant carrier seat in the middle of a busy intersection Sunday evening, and police are looking for information about the child’s mother.

The woman told police she was driving northbound in the 1400 block of Audra Lane and stopped at a three-way intersection about 7:30 p.m. A carrier seat was blocking the intersection, she reported, and she got out of her car to move it.

She found a male child about 3 to 4 months old strapped into the seat. The baby wasn’t crying, she said, and did not appear to be injured. The baby boy was black and was wearing a dark blue T-shirt and blue jeans, she said.

Just then a Mazda four-door sedan drove up. A woman emerged, yelling and cursing at the first woman and telling her to hand over her baby. The startled woman gave up the infant and the other woman sped away.

She described that woman as black, about 5-feet-4 or 5-feet-5 inches tall, weighing about 150 pounds. The woman had shoulder-length curly hair and was wearing black pajama bottoms and a white T-shirt with black lettering, according to the report.

Police Lt. Lee Creamer said detectives would like to talk to that woman about why the baby was left in the intersection. Anyone with information should call Detective Steve Buchanan at 940-349-7963.

Other reports

4500 block of Interstate 35E — A woman reported Saturday that another woman whose voice she doesn’t recognize has been threatening and harassing her since Wednesday.

The victim said the woman has called her at work nearly 20 times. She called her on her cellphone 144 times, according to the report.

The strange woman threatens to burn down her workplace and says she will “lose her job and die.”

The victim has no idea why the other woman is angry at her or if she has the wrong number.

The reporting officer noted that the woman called 10 times while he was taking the report. He answered, identified himself as the police and told the woman to stop calling several times, he said. The woman did not answer and hung up but called back immediately.

1600 block of East McKinney Street — A witness alerted police about 11:10 p.m. Sunday that someone was breaking into a car wash.

Arriving officers noted that the window on the front door was broken. They called out for the intruder to come out. A man exited the car wash by the broken window and was arrested on a burglary charge.

100 block of Falcon Court, Argyle area — A man told Denton County sheriff’s deputies that he returned home about 6:30 p.m. Friday and found that someone had come into his house and vandalized his motorcycle.

He found the seat in tatters and a steak knife stuck into the seat, he said. He believes his estranged wife may have been the culprit.

Roundup

From 7 a.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Monday:

* Denton police responded to 684 calls for service and officer-initiated calls, including three burglaries, one criminal mischief report, one fraud, two reports of harassment, one deceased person and one incident of endangering a child.

* Denton firefighters responded to 50 medical calls, one carbon monoxide investigation, one request to assist an invalid, one brush fire, five accidents, one smoke investigation, two electrical fires, one deceased person, one fire, one alarm and one gas spill.

From 7 a.m. Thursday to 7 a.m. Monday:

* Sheriff’s dispatchers handled 1,075 calls for service and officer-initiated calls for the agencies they serve. A total of 128 people were booked into county jail. Deputies took reports of nine thefts, seven vehicle burglaries, five cases of criminal mischief, one incident of deadly conduct, five assaults, one deceased person, one harassment, one disturbance, two burglaries and one suicidal person.

* Argyle firefighters responded to one request to assist a citizen, one reckless driver, one illegal burn, one grassfire, one patient transfer, two gas leaks, one traffic accident, one deceased person and four medical calls.

Ponder firefighters responded to one gas leak, one fire and one rekindle.

Krum firefighters responded to four medical calls, one illegal burn, one grassfire and two requests to unlock a vehicle.

Pilot Point firefighters responded to one grassfire, four medical calls and one request to assist a citizen.

Sanger firefighters responded to one childbirth, seven medical calls, one electrical malfunction and two accidents.

Aubrey firefighters responded to eight medical calls, one traffic accident, one request to assist a citizen and one grassfire.

Lake Cities firefighters responded to nine medical calls, one alarm, one request to unlock a vehicle, one illegal burn, one gas leak and one fire.

Oak Point firefighters responded to two medical calls.

DONNA FIELDER can be reached at 940-566-6885. Her e-mail address is dfielder@dentonrc.com.

Denton County Crime Stoppers will pay a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest in these or other crimes. Callers will remain anonymous. Call 1-800-388-TIPS (8477). To receive crime alerts in your area, visit CrimeWeb.net.