TOTALS FOR TODAY. WE’LL LOOK AHEAD TO RAIN TOMORROW AND THERE WILL BE MORE
AND WE’LL LOOK AHEAD TO THE
WEEKEND WHEN THINGS REALLY
CHANGE.
>> Matt: THANK YOU, TOM.
THE 2-YEAR-OLD AT THE CENTER OF
AN AMBER ALERT IS FOUND SAFE.
>> Lisa: HIS MOM IS NOW FACING
CHARGES.
POLICE SAY HE WAS TAKEN FROM HIS
HOME AT GUNPOINT BY HIS MOM AND
A MAN.
NEWS 6’S LAUREN CERVANTES JOINS
US LIVE FROM THE ORLANDO POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
I HEARD YOU ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH
THE BOY’S STEPMOM TODAY WHEN THE
BOY WAS FOUND.
>> Reporter: I DID.
I SPOKE WITH HER OVER THE PHONE. I BROKE THE NEWS TO SHE AND THE
CHILD’S FATHER ABOUT FINDING THE
CHILD IN DeLAND.
THE REACTION WAS ONE OF IMMENSE
RELIEF AND THEY WERE GOING TO GO
GET HIM.
>> THE 2-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND IN
DeLAND IN GOOD HEALTH.
HIS MOTHER IS IN THE VOLUSIA
COUNTY JAIL ARRESTED UNDER THE
WARRANT FOR ARMED BURGLARY AND
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.
THIS IS A PICTURE THE ORLANDO
POLICE DEPARTMENT POSTED ON
TWITTER OF THE CHILD.
THEY SAID "IT’S MOMENTS LIKE
THESE HAPPY ENDINGS IT’S WHY WE
DO WHAT WE DO."
THE CHILD WAS TAKEN FROM THE
HOME JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
THE WOMAN KICKED IN THE DOOR AND
SHE AND ANOTHER PERSON TOOK THE
CHILD AT GUNPOINT.
LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUED AN AMBER
ALERT TO LOCATE THE 2-YEAR-OLD.
U.S. MARSHALS FOUND THE CHILD AT
ENCLAVE AT PINE OAK APARTMENTS.
O.P.D. TELLS NEWS 6 THERE WAS NO
CUSTODY AGREEMENT IN PLACE.
>> THERE IS NO CUSTODY AGREEMENT
FROM THE COURT IN PLACE AT THIS
TIME.
D.C.F. WAS INVOLVED AND WHAT HAD
BEEN NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE
PARENTS WAS A VOLUNTARY CUSTODY
ORDER WHEREBY THE FATHER WAS IN
CUSTODY OF THE CHILD.
>> Reporter: THE WOMAN IS ON
PROBATION WITH THE D.O.C. FOR
CARRYING A CONCEALED FIREARM.
SHE’S BEEN ARRESTED FOR CHILD
ABUSE AND AGGRAVATED CHILD
ABUSE, AMONG OTHER CHARGES.
ABUSE, AMONG OTHER CHARGES. >> Reporter: THEY’RE