A 3-year-old boy in Pulaski County who authorities were searching for on Sunday is safe, police said.
The Sherwood boy was reported abducted early Sunday afternoon in an advisory by Arkansas State Police, but Sherwood police Sgt. Scott Hicks confirmed the boy was not kidnapped and the situation has been resolved.
“The child is fine,” he said “There was a huge miscommunication,” he said.
According to Hicks, the person who reported the boy as kidnapped had a shared custody agreement with the man who had reportedly taken him, but didn’t immediately relate that to authorities.
Police will meet with the prosecuting attorney to determine whether the woman could face charges of filing a false report with law enforcement, the sergeant said.