PULASKI COUNTY, Ark. (CBS DETROIT) – Police in Arkansas have retrieved a 5-year-old boy who they said was kidnapped by his father in Michigan.
Police say 40-year-old Daniel Onoh, of Houston, Texas, was taken into custody after the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office notified Arkansas State Police on Feb. 3 that they were tracking a stolen 2018 Buick Encore.
Police spotted the vehicle on northbound Interstate 530 near Sweet Home, Arkansas. Authorities stopped the vehicle on westbound I-30, west of Geyer Springs Road, and he was arrested on charges of felony theft by receiving. Felony kidnapping charges are also pending.
Onoh also has a misdemeanor warrant in Texas, according to police.
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office says Onoh and the child’s mother were in the car on Feb. 2 in Pontiac when they got into an argument. The mother went inside her home, and Onoh took the vehicle with the child inside.