A Canyon Country kidnapping suspect appeared in court Wednesday on charges of carjacking a vehicle from his ex-girlfriend which had their 3-month-old twins inside, officials said.
James O’Neal, 26, was arrested on several different felony charges including carjacking, domestic violence, child abduction without right and false imprisonment, said Shirley Miller, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station at the time.
On July 1, deputies received reports of a family disturbance call on the 17700 block of Sierra Highway, according to Miller.
“The victim and the suspect reportedly got into a verbal argument at the location,” Miller said. “The suspect reportedly locked the door behind him, preventing the victim from leaving and allegedly began assaulting the victim, punching and knocking the victim down.”
The suspect, who is the ex-boyfriend of the victim, then reportedly took the phone away from the victim and then took the victim’s car keys by force, according to Miller.
The suspect proceeded to take the victim’s vehicle, along with their 3-month-old infant twins, and leave the location.
“Deputies broadcasted to other units a description of the suspect and the vehicle,” Miller said.
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Just hours later, deputies located the vehicle on Willow Glen Court in Canyon Country and observed the suspect walking down the street carrying two car seats, according to Miller.
When the suspect set the car seats down, the deputies apprehended the suspect, according to officials.
Paramedics with the Los Angeles County Fire Department were called to the scene after deputies reportedly tased the suspect, according to Franklin Lopez, a spokesperson for the Fire Department.
The children were reunited with their mother and were not injured.
O’Neal returns to court on Jan. 8 for a pretrial hearing.
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