The Columbia County Sheriff's Office helped save am abducted 7-year-old child from Brevard County on Saturday.
During a home invasion in Melborne on Saturday, a Columbia County Sheriff's Office release states a woman was beaten and her 7-year-old son was abducted.
Police in Melbourne obtained a description of the suspect's vehicle and learned the vehicle was possibly traveling in this direction. A dispatcher there reached out to a local contact at the CCSO, according to the release, leading to efforts to locate the vehicle as it passed through.
The release states deputies were able to intercept the vehicle on westbound Interstate 10 near the U.S. Highway 441 exit and conducted a high-risk traffic stop there.
The people inside the vehicle were detained, according to the release, and the child was found unharmed.
“We are grateful that this child was recovered safely by our deputies,” Sheriff Mark Hunter said in the release. “Established cooperative relationships with other agencies, along with tremendous effort by our deputies helped to ensure this child was not placed in further danger. This was an outstanding job by everyone involved.”
Melbourne detectives are responding to Columbia County to continue their investigation into the incident as well as to retrieve the child and return him to his mother.