Police recognize personnel for stopping kidnap suspect, rescuing child - Daily Bulldog
21, the Farmington Police Department recognized several individuals for their roles in helping arrest a fugitive of justice on July 17. As part of that incident, a 1-year-old boy that had been allegedly kidnapped by the suspect was rescued. The incident began on July 16, when Somersworth, N. H. police issued an Amber Alert for Malachi Grant, a 1-year-old child allegedly taken from his mother's custody without permission. A Berwick man, Jeremiah Grant, 33, was suspected in both the alleged kidnapping and taking without permission the 1991 Honda Accord he was operating. At approximately 1:25 a. m. on the morning of July 17, Farmington Police Officer Darin Gilbert stopped a vehicle on the Fairbanks Road that he recognized as being sought in the Amber Alert. As Gilbert was talking with Grant, the Berwick man drove off, leading FPD, Maine State Police and Franklin County Sheriff's Office on a pursuit through the towns of Strong, New Vineyard and back into Farmington. The suspect was caught when officers deployed a spike mat and deflated the tires on the suspect’s vehicle, forcing him to stop. These included Franklin County Regional Communications Center dispatchers Levi Gould and Diane Serino, FPD officers Gilbert, Justin Blais, Michael Lyman and Sgt. The mother, child and the child’s grandfather all attended the recognition ceremony. Source: www.dailybulldog.com
