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Two children reported missing in Florida and believed to be part of a custody battle, have been found in Saskatchewan with their grandparents, police say.
Police in Estevan, Sask., told CBC News Saturday that the children, a 12-year-old girl and a nine-year-old boy, are now in the care of social services.
"There were some court proceedings that were going on in the States with regards to custody of the children and at that point the grandparents had interim custody of the kids and I believe custody was then returned back to the parents," Estevan police Const. Craig Bird said.
He said Florida authorities have issued arrest warrants for the grandparents, accusing them of concealing a minor contrary to a court order.
Bird said Estevan police are also investigating the grandparents, who are in their late 50s, over an incident in which threats were allegedly made.
Bird said the group was in Estevan, in southeast Saskatchewan, for several days and had been camping in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart store.
He said police knew about them but there were no complaints about them being there.
Then court proceedings in the United States led to police in that country issuing an alert about the children.
Canadian border authorities had noted the entry of the grandparents and, when the U.S. alert was issued, the Estevan police were notified.
Authorities said the apprehension of the children was uneventful and arrangement were being made to return them to the U.S, and the custody of their parents in accordance with court orders.
Confrontation
The grandparents were not initially in custody. But on Friday they were allegedly involved in some sort of confrontation and they were arrested and may face charges.
The grandparents were still in custody as of Saturday.
A spokeswoman for the Bay County Sheriff's Office in Florida told CBC News that a deportation hearing was expected to take place on Monday, in Regina, regarding the grandparents.
Ruth Corley said Florida authorities began working on the case May 20, when the children's mother complained that the boy and girl were not returned to her as expected.
"She had given up custody of the children several years ago, and had since worked to regain custody," Corley explained. "A judge decided that the children should be returned to her no later than May 20th, 2011."
"She came to us on that date, when the children were not returned to her by her parents, and filed a complaint," Corley said.
She said it did not take long for officials to determine that the children may have been taken to Canada.
"So we began to alert the Canadian authorities," she said, adding "we knew the vehicle they were travelling in, we knew their names."
According to Corley, the children had been with the grandparents for approximately five years.
Police in Estevan, Sask., told CBC News Saturday that the children, a 12-year-old girl and a nine-year-old boy, are now in the care of social services.
"There were some court proceedings that were going on in the States with regards to custody of the children and at that point the grandparents had interim custody of the kids and I believe custody was then returned back to the parents," Estevan police Const. Craig Bird said.
He said Florida authorities have issued arrest warrants for the grandparents, accusing them of concealing a minor contrary to a court order.
Bird said Estevan police are also investigating the grandparents, who are in their late 50s, over an incident in which threats were allegedly made.
Bird said the group was in Estevan, in southeast Saskatchewan, for several days and had been camping in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart store.
He said police knew about them but there were no complaints about them being there.
Then court proceedings in the United States led to police in that country issuing an alert about the children.
Canadian border authorities had noted the entry of the grandparents and, when the U.S. alert was issued, the Estevan police were notified.
Authorities said the apprehension of the children was uneventful and arrangement were being made to return them to the U.S, and the custody of their parents in accordance with court orders.
Confrontation
The grandparents were not initially in custody. But on Friday they were allegedly involved in some sort of confrontation and they were arrested and may face charges.
The grandparents were still in custody as of Saturday.
A spokeswoman for the Bay County Sheriff's Office in Florida told CBC News that a deportation hearing was expected to take place on Monday, in Regina, regarding the grandparents.
Ruth Corley said Florida authorities began working on the case May 20, when the children's mother complained that the boy and girl were not returned to her as expected.
"She had given up custody of the children several years ago, and had since worked to regain custody," Corley explained. "A judge decided that the children should be returned to her no later than May 20th, 2011."
"She came to us on that date, when the children were not returned to her by her parents, and filed a complaint," Corley said.
She said it did not take long for officials to determine that the children may have been taken to Canada.
"So we began to alert the Canadian authorities," she said, adding "we knew the vehicle they were travelling in, we knew their names."
According to Corley, the children had been with the grandparents for approximately five years.