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4 days ago
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3 charged in armed South Side kidnapping of 2-year-old girl to remain in jail
Three people are facing several charges in the kidnapping of a two-year-old girl who was found safe earlier this week. Prosecutors said the child's mother kidnapped her from her grandmother's house at gunpoint, with the help of two armed men. All three appeared together in front of a judge Saturday afternoon. The judge said the child's mother is the mastermind in what he called a kidnapping scheme that involved guns, death threats, and even leveraging her child's location for her own release. In court, prosecutors said 22-year-old Angelique Mobley and 33-year-old Lamon Weathers were dating during the kidnapping. They said Mobley and Weathers, 27-year-old Matthew Price, and another unknown person somehow gained access to the 2-year-old's grandmother's building near 48th Street and Michigan Wednesday morning. The judge said they had cased the building before forcing their way in and threatening the child's great uncle and girlfriend at gunpoint before taking off with the grandmother's purse, keys, and car. Mobley was armed with a wrench while Weathers and Price had guns. The crew told police they ditched the grandmother's car before returning to their own car and taking off with Mobley's 2-year-old daughter. Prosecutors say they dropped the little girl off with a relative of Weathers in Danville, Illinois. After a quick Google search, the relative saw a news story about the missing child and called the police, which led to her rescue. Police caught up with Mobley and Weathers. Prosecutors said that's when Mobley told police she would tell them where her baby was if they let her go. The state also pointed to a Facebook live by Mobley in which she said she was going to take her child back from the grandmother. The judge expressed concerns about the background of the three. Mobley has two pending retail theft charges. Price, who said he's a full-time babysitter with a battery and gun arrest. And weathers, who was arrested in a security uniform and says he's an associate pastor, has seven felony convictions, including an aggravated assault charge he just pleaded guilty to earlier this month. On top of a kidnapping charge for all three, Mobley is facing residential burglary. Weathers and Price are charged with home invasion with a firearm. Price is also facing a stolen vehicle charge. All three were ordered to remain in jail. The judge said that Mobley, the child's mother, could expect a possible fourth charge of home invasion. They're all expected back in court later this week. It's unclear if the fourth person involved has been identified or arrested by police.
CBS News
4 days ago
- CBS News
3 charged in kidnapping of 2-year-old girl at gunpoint in Grand Boulevard, Chicago police say
Three people have been charged with kidnapping a 2-year-old girl at gunpoint from a home in Chicago's Grand Boulevard neighborhood Wednesday. Chicago police said three people armed with guns forced their way into an apartment building belonging to the girl's grandmother in the 4800 block of South Michigan Avenue just before 5 a.m., took the child, the grandmother's purse and keys, and fled in her stolen car. The child was found safe later that night. The grandmother said she was taken by her biological mother, who no loner has custody of her and struggles with mental health issues. Angelique Mobley, 22, is charged with one felony count of kidnapping using force or threat of force, one felony count of residential burglary and one felony count of child abduction. Lamon Weathers, 33, is charged with one felony count of aggravated armed kidnapping and one felony count of home invasion with a firearm. Matthew Price, 27, is charged with one felony count of aggravated armed kidnapping, one felony count of home invasion with a firearm, and one felony count of possessing a stolen vehicle. Police said Mobley and Weathers were arrested shortly before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Price was arrested shortly after midnight Thursday. Al three are due in court Saturday for a detention hearing.
