A 2-year-old girl is safe after being taken from Georgia to New Jersey in what authorities call a coordinated kidnapping involving a parent and grandmothers.
The Details: Bibb County Sheriff’s deputies arrested four people who allegedly conspired to transport the toddler across state lines without permission from her mother or Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services.
Those arrested include:
- Dashawn Rashard Sarratt, 30, the child’s father
- Samiyah Cunningham, 24, who was temporarily caring for the child
- Shinikka Cunningham, 49, Samiyah’s mother
- Kiesha Burno, 50, Sarratt’s mother
According to investigators, the child was initially placed with Samiyah Cunningham under an agreement with DFACS during an open investigation. The group then allegedly transported the child by train to New Jersey where Burno fraudulently obtained a temporary custody order through Hudson County Superior Court…