ARCADIA >> Police arrested the mother of a 3-year-old boy Sunday after the woman, who does not have custody of her son, allegedly abducted him from an Arcadia shopping mall.
Levi Barrios and his mother Melissa Barrios, 25, disappeared about 8:35 p.m. Saturday from the Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall, 400 S. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia police Lt. Vaughn Whalen said in a written statement.
The boy’s great-aunt called police and reported Melissa Barrios, who is only authorized for visitation with her son, had absconded with him, Whalen said. The two were last seen at a bus stop at the mall.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies found the mother and child at union station in Los Angeles about 2:20 a.m., police said.
The boy was unharmed and Melissa Barrios was jailed on suspicion of kidnapping.
She was being held in lieu of $150,000 bail pending her initial court appearance.
PHOTO of Melissa Barrios courtesy of the Arcadia Police Department
