Ohio Amber Alert: 15-year-old girl found safe, suspect in custody
GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) — A 15-year-old girl at the center of an Amber Alert issued on Saturday has been found safe and a 17-year-old male suspect is in custody.
An alert was issued just before 8 a.m. that the victim was reportedly missing. The suspect was been identified as a 17-year-old boy. In the release, Grove City police said he is possibly armed and dangerous with felony warrants for robbery and kidnapping out of a Pickaway County incident and a warrant for a theft of a motor vehicle.
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The vehicle was identified as a silver Honda with black tinted windows that authorities state was possibly stolen late Friday evening. At 10 a.m., Grove City police sent a statement saying a stolen car was recovered near Sullivant Avenue but did not state if that vehicle was a silver Honda.
Grove City police said that the victim and suspect were girlfriend and boyfriend with a March 20 incident report for a previous threat saying they had broken up. On Wednesday, Grove City police went to the victim’s address at 12:48 a.m. after reports of gunshots.
Witnesses said that they observed teenagers run towards a silver Toyota parked in front of the house with one witness telling police they believe the boy fired shots. That witness also stated the boy had threatened the 15-year-old girl during a FaceTime call with one of her family members. The responding officer did not find any shell casings or bullet holes and could not determine if shots were fired.
Police said that the boy posted a threatening statement on social media Friday towards the victim. Grove City police went to the girl’s residence at 5:45 a.m. Saturday and were told by her mother that she had left the house at 11:30 p.m. Friday and had not returned.
A Grove City police incident report says that the girl’s mother received a text from an unknown individual that her daughter was with the boy Friday evening. That same individual said that the girl was in an Uber on her way home with the suspect, but she never turned up.
The initial push notification regarding the Amber Alert stated that the girl is 13. The office of the Ohio Attorney General clarified that she is 15.
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