A 6-year-old boy who was abducted by his mother in DeKalb County has been found safe, authorities said.
A Levi’s Call was issued for Anthony Johnson overnight after police determined he was in serious danger, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Authorities said the child’s mother, Rochelle Riley, abducted her son about 9:30 p.m. after driving to his father’s home on Monterey Drive. Riley allegedly assaulted the child in the front yard “in view of the father,” before putting him in the back of a car and driving away, police said.
Authorities said she then sent several text messages to the child’s father threatening to kill their son and saying he was already dead, Channel 2 reported.
After an hourslong search, Johnson was found safe shortly about 3:30 a.m. at his mother’s Decatur home, and Riley was arrested, authorities said.
She was booked into the DeKalb County Jail on charges of simple battery, terroristic threats and harassing phone calls, records show.
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