Two arrested in SE Austin for alleged kidnapping of 7-year-old child

AUSTIN, Texas — Two people were arrested and charged after allegedly taking a 7-year-old child from an apartment in southeast Austin on Friday, police said.

Austin police officers responded to a kidnapping call at approximately 1:38 p.m. on March 14 in the 2600 block of South Pleasant Valley Road, the department said.

When officers arrived and began speaking with the child’s mother, bystanders informed them that the child was in another apartment. Officers located the child and detained Jeffrey Caneen and Taylor Brasher outside the apartment…

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