MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (WFLA) — A 9-year-old South Florida boy is secure, and his mom is dealing with a number of expenses following an incident Tuesday that prompted a statewide AMBER Alert.
The Florida Division of Regulation Enforcement issued the alert Tuesday night after authorities mentioned the boy’s mom, 45-year-old Tameeka Budwah, snatched him on his means dwelling from faculty.
Court docket information obtained by NBC affiliate WTVJ present Budwah doesn’t have custody of the kid. A choose granted the boy’s father full custody final 12 months after reviewing proof, together with a purported image of Budwah holding a gun.
Miami Gardens police mentioned the boy was initially picked up from faculty on Tuesday by a transportation driver. The motive force quickly observed she was being adopted and pulled over to the aspect of the street.
Budwah then got here as much as the driving force and advised her she was there to take her son to a health care provider’s appointment, in accordance with investigators.
The motive force tried to verify with the boy’s father, however whereas doing so, police mentioned Budwah grabbed her son out of the girl’s automotive and drove off with him.
Authorities had been capable of attain Budwah over the cellphone after the AMBER Alert was issued, and he or she finally agreed to give up him to officers at Miami Gardens police headquarters.
Police mentioned the kid was scared and shaken up when he confirmed up on the facility. He was again dwelling along with his father Wednesday.
Budwah was arrested and charged with false imprisonment of a kid beneath 13, custody interference by a guardian, housebreaking of an occupied conveyance, home violence/violation of an injunction, and petty theft.
A choose wished to listen to from a police officer Wednesday earlier than making a choice on her bond, WTVJ reported. She was being held at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Middle.
