...Ahsir Simmons after the ordeal. Phew!! home at last
Seven-week-old Ahsir Simmons was kidnapped
from the King of Prussia mall on Thursday, but returned to his mother
five hours later
'You have a problem. Lady may have a mental problem. She might have had a child, and lost her child. It is something wrong.'
A
seven-week-old baby boy is back in the arms of his mother after being
kidnapped from the King of Prussia mall in suburban Philadephia,
Pennsylvania on Thursday.
Upper
Merion Township police say infant Ahsir Simmons was found safe Thursday
night, about five hours after he was abducted by a strange woman.
Police
say the woman - who has not been identified - befriended the boy's
family, and they sat down together in the food court for about 30
minutes.
When the baby became fussy, police say the woman asked if she could hold him.
The mother allowed her to do so while she took a phone call and dealt with other children in her care.
The woman then walked away with the baby just after 5:30pm.
Police
were quick to respond to the kidnapping, releasing CCTV footage of the
woman leaving the mall with the baby in her arms and issuing an Amber
Alert around 9:30pm.
Tips
started flowing in after the surveillance footage was released, and
police were able to identify the woman in the video, tracking her down
to a barbershop in Treddyffrin Township.
Police confronted the woman who then turned the baby over to authorities.
The woman had reportedly been showing the baby off to friends and family.
'We
were able to go to a number of locations tonight in both Upper Merion
Township, Malvern and eventually into Tredyffrin Township, Chester
County, where we did locate the woman, who was seen on video leaving
with the baby,' said Upper Merion Township Police Chief Tom Nolan. 'The
baby is safe and sound, but is getting checked.'
Police tracked down the suspect - who
has not been named - to a barbershop on Thursday. The boy was reunited
with his mother at the police station Thursday night
The child's family was on hand at the police station, and celebrated his return with a prayer
The
boy was reunited with his mother at the police station Thursday night,
and his whole family gathered nearby to celebrate his return with a
prayer.
'I
would like to thank God for allowing my baby to come back. And, I want
to thank the Upper Merion Police Department, and everybody on social
media that helped me get my baby back. I want to thank you so much,'
Simmons' mother told the media.
Simmons' grandfather Burdette Lewis also spoke to the press.
When asked if he had any words for the woman who stole his grandsom, Lewis told 6 ABC: 'You have a problem. Lady may have a mental problem. She might have had a child, and lost her child. It is something wrong.'
Meanwhile, the kidnapper has been arrested and charges are pending.
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