A woman high on methamphetamine stole a car before discovering it had a baby strapped in the back seat, so she pulled over, left the infant on the side of the road and drove off. Theresa Anne Johnson later told police she stole the car because she didn’t want to walk about 2km back to the Gisborne suburb of Kaiti, and didn’t realise there was a baby in the back. The 4-month-old was soon found by a member of the public, who immediately called police. The incident has left the baby’s mother “traumatised”, and as though “half her heart was taken away” when her child was taken. Johnson, 59, who is listed as a “caregiver” in court documents, appeared in the Hamilton District Court this afternoon on several charges, including abandoning a baby, careless driving, driving while disqualified, theft of a motor vehicle, breach of community work and theft of clothing worth $1400.…