NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – A 7-month-old baby who was the focus of an Amber Alert issued earlier this week has been found safe and his mother arrested for his abduction.
Baby Henry Massey was found in Downieville in Sierra County on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office.
The child was taken from the Guerneville home of his grandmother, who has legal custody of him, on Sunday by his noncustodial mother, Hannah Ashley, as Lake County News has reported.
On Monday, authorities issued an Amber Alert in the case.
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said an alert citizen who saw the Amber Alert saw Ashley's Subaru on Monday night, with authorities locating the car on Tuesday morning.
On Tuesday afternoon, Ashley walked into a Downieville grocery store, where a store clerk recognized her. Authorities said she had the baby hidden in a duffel bag.
The store clerk flagged down a passing California Highway Patrol officer who was able to take Ashley into custody after a struggle, the sheriff's office said.
The CHP's Grass Valley office reported that Ashley was booked into the main jail in Nevada County pending extradition back to Sonoma County on an arrest warrant. Her bail was reportedly set at $140,000.
Baby Henry was taken to a local hospital to be checked out and appeared to be in good health. The CHP said he was placed in the custody of Child Protective Services and was to be reunited with other family.
Baby abducted by mother found safe; mother arrested
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