ALMA, Kan. (WIBW) – A woman was taken into custody Thursday after a kidnapped child from Missouri who was the subject of an Amber Alert was rescued in Wabaunsee County, authorities said.

The rescue was reported to have occurred at 8:17 p.m. Thursday at the E. Spring Creek Road on-ramp to westbound Interstate 70 near Paxico in Wabaunsee County.

Authorities said an Amber Alert had been issued by the Missouri State Highway Patrol after a 12-year-old child was reported to have been kidnapped from Warsaw, Mo.

The child was reported to have been taken without permission by the non-custodial biological mother, officials said.

Wabaunsee County sheriff’s units, were joined by Alma City Marshal Mike Baker as they located the suspect vehicle.

The child was located unharmed. Authorities then took the child into police protective custody.

A woman identified as Anna Savard, 36, of Boise, Idaho, was taken into custody by Wabaunsee County sheriff’s deputies without further incident. Officials on Friday said Savard was being held in the Wabaunsee County Jail in Alma pending extradition warrants from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office in Missouri.

Also assisting were the Kansas Highway Patrol; Missouri Highway Patrol; Kansas Juvenile Intake; Warsaw, Mo., Police Department; and the Benton County Sheriff’s Office in Missouri, officials said.

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WARSAW, Mo. (KY3) — The Missouri Highway Patrol located a 12-year-old Warsaw girl authorities believed was with her non-custodial mother.

Bridgette Annaleise Crane disappeared from the area around the 2800 block of Cedar Hills Loop in Warsaw around 4:30 p.m. Investigators believed she was with her mother, Anna Savard, 36.

Authorities announced the child was found around 8:45 p.m. Authorities have not updated the whereabouts of the non-custodial mother.

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HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (KCTV) – An arrest has been made on a fugitive found in Missouri with narcotics and weapons who was wanted for a similar crime in Kansas.

The Cass County, Missouri, Sheriff’s Office says that just after midnight on Wednesday, Sept. 25, law enforcement officials stopped a vehicle in rural Harrisonville due to an expired license plate.

During the stop, deputies said they found drugs, a gun and a knife in the possession of Jacob Ott, 31, of Garden City, Missouri. It was also found that Ott had a warrant for his arrest out of Jackson County, Kansas, for failure to appear in court for an amphetamine charge.

As a result, Ott has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a controlled substance and for his fugitive status. As of Thursday, he remains behind Cass Co. bars with no bond listed.

No further information has been released.

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