Woman arrested and children found safe as Virginia AMBER Alert is canceled

AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia State Police say three children kidnapped Thursday morning have been found safe, and they have canceled an AMBER Alert that was part of the search.

Shanice Davison, the children’s biological mother, has been arrested on abduction warrants from the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office.

The Alabama Highway Patrol and US Marshals Service took Davison into custody in the Birmingham area of Alabama after a brief interstate pursuit, according to the Sheriff’s Office. All three children, ranging in age from 6 to 10 years old, were safe and unharmed.

The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office spent the day investigating the kidnapping that took place outside the Bobby’s Way Apartment complex in Fishersville Thursday morning. A caller’s three children were waiting for the school bus when the driver of a black 4-door vehicle stopped and the children were pulled into the vehicle.

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