Special2bme
May 15th, 2009, 11:23 PM
A 33-year-old Atascadero woman was arrested Sunday in Fresno on suspicion of kidnapping her two children and fleeing the Central Coast.
Atascadero Police received a report Sunday of two children, 12 and 16, who had been kidnapped by their mother and were possibly being taken to Oregon.
An investigation revealed that she did not have custodial rights of the children. Officers were able to use mobile phone technology on the children's cell phones to track their location. The trio was found in Fresno.
Police requested assistance from the Fresno County Sheriff's Dept. and used an Internet program to track the mother's movements.
That information was relayed to the Sheriff's Dept.
Officials were able to find out that the she was traveling south on I-5 in a rural area near Coalinga. They arrested 33-year-old Snappaiti Tlanezi Galindo and took her into custody without incident.
She is facing charges of concealment and deprivation of a child and two counts of of kidnapping. Atascadero Police went to Fresno Monday to take custody of her. She is now being held in San Luis Obispo County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.
The children were taken into protective custody. One child was turned over to his parent in Fresno and the other to his guardian.
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/breaking_news/story/717671.html
An Atascadero woman who was arrested this week for abducting her children appeared in court Thursday.
Snappaiti Tlanezi Galindo, 33, pleaded no contest, which is similar to a guilty plea, to felony child abduction, said officials from the District Attorney’s Office. She is expected to return to court June 23 and be sentenced to no more than three months in jail.
She was also released from custody Thursday after promising to appear at the sentencing and was ordered to stay away from her two children, said officials.
Galindo had been arrested Sunday in Fresno after leaving the area with her two sons, ages 12 and 16, without having custodial rights of them, said Atascadero Police. Police tracked the trio down by using technology that located the children’s cell phones.
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/breaking_news/story/719856.html
Atascadero Police received a report Sunday of two children, 12 and 16, who had been kidnapped by their mother and were possibly being taken to Oregon.
An investigation revealed that she did not have custodial rights of the children. Officers were able to use mobile phone technology on the children's cell phones to track their location. The trio was found in Fresno.
Police requested assistance from the Fresno County Sheriff's Dept. and used an Internet program to track the mother's movements.
That information was relayed to the Sheriff's Dept.
Officials were able to find out that the she was traveling south on I-5 in a rural area near Coalinga. They arrested 33-year-old Snappaiti Tlanezi Galindo and took her into custody without incident.
She is facing charges of concealment and deprivation of a child and two counts of of kidnapping. Atascadero Police went to Fresno Monday to take custody of her. She is now being held in San Luis Obispo County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.
The children were taken into protective custody. One child was turned over to his parent in Fresno and the other to his guardian.
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/breaking_news/story/717671.html
An Atascadero woman who was arrested this week for abducting her children appeared in court Thursday.
Snappaiti Tlanezi Galindo, 33, pleaded no contest, which is similar to a guilty plea, to felony child abduction, said officials from the District Attorney’s Office. She is expected to return to court June 23 and be sentenced to no more than three months in jail.
She was also released from custody Thursday after promising to appear at the sentencing and was ordered to stay away from her two children, said officials.
Galindo had been arrested Sunday in Fresno after leaving the area with her two sons, ages 12 and 16, without having custodial rights of them, said Atascadero Police. Police tracked the trio down by using technology that located the children’s cell phones.
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/breaking_news/story/719856.html