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Amber Alert Issued For Child Taken In Monterey County

UPDATE: Authorities say 2-year-old Jacob Vargas has been found safe.

CBS San Francisco reported a little after 2 p.m. that Vargas had been found safe. Authorities said someone called them to report that he knew where the car Jacob was in could be found.

Deputies were led to a barn in Monterey County and found the car and Jacob.

No suspects were at the scene.

Vargas' abduction Thursday morning prompted a statewide Amber Alert.

 

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SOLEDAD (CBS13) - Authorities have issued a statewide Amber Alert for a child taken in Monterey County.

California Highway Patrol reports the child, 2-year-old Jacob Vargas, was in a vehicle that was warming up in a driveway along the 100 block of Head Street when, around 6:45 a.m., a suspect took off with the car.

The car is described as a black Honda Accord, license plate number 7LIE244.

Vargas was wearing a beige beanie, a blue sweater, a white shirt with a yellow stripe, grey sleeves and blue jeans.

No description of a suspect has been given.

Anyone who sees the car or knows where the child might be is asked to call authorities immediately.

 

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