Knoxville Man Kidnapped 4-Year-Old Child, Police Say after Arrest

Omar (Courtesy: Knoxville Police Department)

Knoxville Man Kidnapped 4-Year-Old Child, Police Say after Arrest

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: We’re learning more now about a “domestic incident” that led to the arrest Monday of a Knoxville man.

Knoxville Police Department officials say the incident occurred in West Knoxville.

KPD says the girlfriend of 20-year-old Omar Amengol Cortes told police he shoved her out of her car and drove away with her four-year-old daughter.

Police later found the child and the car, which was abandoned.

Cortes was taken into custody outside of West Town Mall; he was charged with especially aggravated kidnapping.

ORIGINAL STORY: The Knoxville Police Department announces the successful apprehension of a man involved this (Monday) morning in a domestic incident involving a missing child.

KPD says a man identified only as Omar at this time, was taken into custody around noon after leaving the scene of a domestic incident in the victim’s car with the victim’s child inside the vehicle.

A post on social media stated that police were searching for Omar in the area of 600 Buckey Drive.

According to KPD, the child has since been found safe and the car was recovered.

Omar Amengol Cortes (Courtesy: Knoxville Police Department)

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