Man’s dad and mom helped him snatch their grandson from his ex, officers say

The daddy and grandparents of a child who was taken from the arms of his mom after an assault outdoors a retailer over the weekend — prompting an Amber Alert in Southern California — may face a number of felony expenses, in line with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division.

The division mentioned in a written assertion that the case can be offered to the Los Angeles County district lawyer’s workplace. Prosecutors will think about submitting a number of prison expenses towards the three suspects together with kidnapping and assault with a lethal weapon.

The suspects, recognized as 20-year-old Dragan Antonescu; his father, Viorel Illie, 48; and his mom, Marioara Illie, 40, had been arrested in Winslow, Ariz. about eight hours after an Ambert Alert was issued. The three will likely be extradited again to Los Angeles County, although the timing of that has not been introduced.

“The sufferer’s baby’s return to California is being coordinated by the Los Angeles County Division of Youngsters and Household Providers,” the Sheriff’s Division mentioned.

The alleged incident occurred Sunday when investigators had been notified a couple of kidnapping within the car parking zone of a Goal within the 17700 block of Colima Highway in Metropolis of Trade.

Investigators decided that, shortly earlier than 11 a.m., the suspects approached the mom of the kid and relations who had been along with her and started to assault her as they forcibly eliminated the child from her arms.

“Antonescu produced a knife, threatened the sufferer and her household, and fled the situation with the kid in a grey coloured Toyota Sienna minivan,” the assertion learn.

The kid’s mom suffered minor accidents in the course of the assault and was taken by ambulance to a hospital.

Fearing for the kid’s security, investigators requested that the California Freeway Patrol difficulty an Amber Alert to enlist the general public’s assist in finding the kid. Moreover, investigators reached out to legislation enforcement businesses in Arizona, in line with the assertion.

“The Arizona Division of Public Security situated the car within the metropolis of Winslow, Arizona, the place Antonescu and his dad and mom had been arrested,” the assertion learn. “The unhurt baby was rescued and positioned into protecting custody by Arizona authorities.