Скачать или смотреть Medina police say missing 3-year-old girl found safe, suspect arrested for kidnapping, burglary

After locating a missing 3-year-old girl on Wednesday afternoon, the Medina Police Department reports that a family acquaintance has been charged with her kidnapping.

According to a release, Medina police officers were called around 1:30 p.m. to a home on Hunter Drive in Lafayette Township for a report of a missing child. Police immediately launched a search of the area, deploying K-9 units, drones, all-terrain vehicles, and issuing alerts on social media. The Medina County Child Abduction Response Team was activated soon after.

Around 3:30 p.m., dispatchers with Medina Police and the Medina County Sheriff's Office received reports that a child matching the missing girl;s description had been spotted at a home on Buffham Road in Westfield Township. Officers and deputies responded and found the girl unharmed. She was taken to Medina Hospital as a precaution and later reunited with her father.

Investigators determined that the family acquaintance, identified as 33-year-old Randy Lawrence Kerley, had allegedly entered the home unlawfully and taken the child without permission. Kerley has been charged with burglary and kidnapping, both second-degree felonies, and is being held at the Medina County Jail. Additional charges are pending review by a county grand jury.

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