AMBER ALERT SUCCESS

Dec. 18, 2014 - Kentucky A 20-day-old child was taken when the vehicle he was in was stolen from a gas station. An unknown abductor jumped in the car and fled. The abduction prompted the activation of a multi-state AMBER Alert (Kentucky and Ohio), including the use of cell phone messages via wireless emergency alerts . The carjacker abandoned the vehicle quickly. Two witnesses, in separate vehicles, spotted the car at a shopping center based on the license plate information received from the WEA message. The witnesses called 911 and the child was safely recovered.