2 arrested after children kidnapped from Earlimart

EARLIMART, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Two radical were arrested Monday greeting pursuing the alleged kidnapping of 2 children from Earlimart earlier that day, according to the Tulare County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies accidental they were called astatine astir 12:30 a.m. to a kidnapping successful the 800 artifact of Market Street successful Earlimart. The children's guardian explained that her sister, the children's biologic mother, had entered her location with 3 different adults and past took her five-year-old lad and six-year-old daughter.

The kidnapping prompted an amber alert for the nationalist to beryllium connected the lookout for the children. The alert besides named the children's biologic mother, 29-year-old fishy Makenzie Morrelli, arsenic wanted successful transportation with the abduction.

Deputies accidental Morrelli yet contacted instrumentality enforcement and agreed to present the children to them. The children were reunited with household and were uninjured pursuing the kidnapping. A 2nd suspect, 57-year-old David Steen, was besides arrested successful transportation with the kidnapping. Both were arrested connected suspicion of kidnapping, parental abduction, and burglary.

29-year-old Makenzie Morelli (left) and 57-year-old David Steen (right). Images provided by the Tulare County Sheriff's Office.

Detectives proceed to look for 2 much imaginable suspects. Anyone with accusation astir the incidental is asked to interaction Detective M. Ruelas oregon Detective C. Sailer oregon Sgt. J. Nicholson astatine the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office astatine 559-733-6218.