Child at center of Amber Alert found safe
Jeremiah Grant arrested early Friday morning in Maine
Police said a child at the center of an Amber Alert was found safe in Maine early Friday morning.
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The alert was issued after police said Jeremiah Grant, 33, of South Berwick, Maine, abducted his 18-month-old son from the boy's home in Somersworth Thursday afternoon.
Somersworth police said at about 1:30 a.m. Friday, a Farmington police officer spotted Grant driving on Fairbanks Road in Farmington, Maine.
The officer stopped Grant and was able to confirm the boy was still in the car. Police said Grant then fled the scene, leading authorities on a chase.
Grant was stopped after officers deployed road spikes on Route 27 in New Vineyard, Maine.
The boy was found unharmed and was checked by first responders at the scene.
The boy was reunited with his mother in Farmington a short time later. They are believed to be on their way back to Somersworth.
Grant is from Berwick, Maine, and is listed on Maine's sex offender registry in connection with a sexual assault that occurred outside the state.
Police said Grant was at the Somersworth home where the child and his mother lived on Thursday afternoon. Police said that when the mother was distracted, Grant took the child and fled in a vehicle that was in the yard. The mother called police right away, and the Amber Alert was issued after 9 p.m.
Grant is being held in Maine on a fugitive from justice charge. Police said he will be extradited back to New Hampshire to face charges including taking without owner's consent and a felony count of interference with custody.