AMBER ALERT Issued for 1 Year Old Treshon Williams & 16 Year Old Babysitter Antoinetta Smith in Birmingham, AL
A one year old baby and his 16 year old babysitter are missing. An AMBER ALERT has been issued for 1 year old Treshaun M. Williams and 16 year old suspect Antoinetta Smith.
Treshon M. Williams, one year of age, and Antoinetta Smith, sixteen years of age were last seen on Thursday, June 26,2008 at approximately 10 pm. Antoinetta was babysitting Treshon when she left with the one year old. The vehicle belonging to the one year old’s mother is also missing. The vehicle is described as a maroon 1997 4-door Ford Crown Victoria, and should be displaying, Alabama tag 14127AN
The babysitter, Antoinetta Smith has been described as follows:
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5-foot-seven black girl
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weighing about 160 pounds
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She has black hair and brown eyes, and was seen driving away from a Birmingham home in the child’s mother’s car.
An Amber Alert was issued earlier today for Smith and the toddler boy she was baby-sitting. The two were last seen Thursday at approximately 10 p.m. at 3009 31st Avenue North.
Smith was last seen driving away in the child’s mother’s maroon, 1997, four-door Ford Crown Victoria, license tag 14127AN.
Birmingham Police said the car was taken without permission.
Police identified the child as a relative of Smith’s.
Birmingham police state that they have found the 1997 maroon Ford Crown Victoria taken by 16-year-old Antoinetta Smith this evening at a house on 48th Street in the city’s Central Park neighborhood.
If anyone has any information on their whereabouts is asked to call the Birmingham Police Department’s Family Services Unit at 205-254-0800.
UPDATE I: Missing Baby Treshon Williams Found
A happy and safe ending to this AMBER ALERT. Missing Treshon Williams has been found safe and Antoinette Smith has been arrested.
The ordeal ended just after midnight Sunday morning. The 1 year old was reportedly found in a Bessemer housing community. Police says 17 year old Antoinetta Smith, accused of taking the boy, took the baby to a former classmate’s home early Saturday saying he was her child.
Residents of the housing community tell police the suspect 17 year old Antoinetta Smith had taken Treshon to an old classmates home early Saturday morning. They also say she told them the boy was her son and that she was taking him to a birthday party later that day. Erica Jones speaking exclusively to ABC 3340′s Cyrondys Jackson says Smith had been at the housing community all day. Jones says she realized this was the missing child and called police.
Smith apparently left the 18 month old at the housing community and got into the car of an unidentified male and took off. She was arrested a few blocks away.