Staff
Reports
After
a four-hour manhunt on Friday night, a man was put behind bars for kidnapping
his child.
According
to a press release from the Houston County Sheriff’s office, Justin Babtunde,
21, kidnapped a 2-year-old child during a custody exchange at the 400 block of
Arena Road in South Houston County. Babtunde fled into the woods; members of
the Houston County Sheriff’s Response Team found him four hours later at a
house in the Mossy Oaks subdivision.
The
child was returned to the custodial parent unharmed after being evaluated by
medical personnel.
Babtunde
is charged with kidnapping and other related charges. He is being held without
bail.
The
Georgia State Patrol, Houston County Fire Department, Houston County Sheriff’s
Office canine unit, Dooly County Sheriff’s Office and the Warner Robins Police
Department assisted the Sheriff’s Office in the man hunt.
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