JACKSONVILLE, Texas (KETK) — An infant was safely reunited with their mother after being briefly kidnapped, with law enforcement locating the toddler in a wooded area in Jacksonville.
Picture of Brian Damon Black, courtesy of the Jacksonville Police Department.
The Jacksonville Police Department responded to a welfare check on Wednesday at around 1 p.m. in the 800 block of Myrtle Drive. There, they discovered that a man had entered a residence and took a 1-year-old child before leaving.
The man was later identified as 42-year-old Brian Damon Black of Jacksonville.
The initial caller was concerned that Black was seen walking into a nearby wooded area with a child. Officers began searching the area and at around 2:52 p.m., the child was located unharmed and reunited with the mother.
Black was then found in the 1000 block of Skyline in a wooded area. When police approached Black, he reportedly fled but was arrested after a brief pursuit.
Black has since been charged with burglary of a habitation, kidnapping and evading arrest or detention.
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