{"id":27303,"date":"2025-11-07T02:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T02:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/27303\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T02:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T02:28:10","slug":"pennsylvania-man-accused-of-kidnapping-6-children-to-avoid-cys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/27303\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania man accused of kidnapping 6 children to avoid CYS"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, father is facing kidnapping charges after he took his six kids to avoid Child & Youth Services, authorities said. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Robert Christensen Jr. was charged with kidnapping, interfering with child custody, concealing the whereabouts of a child and obstructing justice after he allegedly kidnapped his children on Wednesday night after learning CYS was going to take “emergency custody” of them, CBS affiliate WHP\u00a0<\/a>reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old Lancaster County man abused his kids, who are ages 4 to 11 years old, authorities told the news outlet. When he allegedly learned CYS was coming, Christensen told the mother of the children in a phone call, “That isn’t happening,” and drove away with the kids from their West High Street home in Elizabethtown Borough, WHP reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A missing persons alert was sent out, and they were found more than 170 miles away in Cambria County around 11 p.m. on Wednesday during a traffic stop. <\/p>\n

The news outlet reported<\/a> Christensen was then taken into police custody, and all the kids were found unharmed. It was not immediately known who now has custody of the children.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Christensen is currently in the Lancaster County Prison, according to court documents. He was unable to post bail on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old man’s preliminary hearing is set for later this month, court documents show. He faces 24 total charges, 18 of which are felonies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anyone with information in connection with the case can call the Elizabethtown Borough Police Department at 717-664-1180. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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