BRANDON LEE DuBOSE, II - 2 yo / Accused: Father; Brandon Lee Dubose - Clarendon County SC

AMBER Alert: Father surrounded by deputies; Boy still missing
Posted: Jul 02, 2012 4:58 PM CDT
Updated: Jul 02, 2012 7:49 PM CDT

CLARENDON COUNTY, SC (WIS) - Clarendon County deputies are currently in standoff with the father of a missing boy, according to Sheriff Garrett.

Sheriff Garrett says deputies have surrounded the 32-year-old father Brandon Lee Dubose along Sammy Swamp Road and Highway 261 near the Sumter County line.

Deputies say the child is no longer with the father and they are continuing to search for the missing child.

According to WIS's news reporter Meaghan Norman, who's on the scene, dogs and helicopter have been called the area, while Sheriff Garrett organizes crews at the intersection of Sammy Swamp and Hwy 261.

Click here to view photos from the scene.

WIS will keep you updated as soon as more information is available.

Earlier this evening, the Clarendon County Sheriff's Department issued an AMBER alert for the child they say was abducted by his father early Monday afternoon.



Investigators say 2-year-old Brandon Lee DuBose, II was taken at a gas station at Raccoon Road and Highway 261 West around 1:30 p.m.

The child is described as having red hair, blue eyes, and weighs 30 pounds. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, blue shorts, and black Nike sandals



The child's father, 32-year-old Brandon Lee DuBose, is sought in connection with the abduction. He is described as 5'11", 185 pounds, and was last seen wearing a black Gamecock t-shirt with a big Gamecock on front, blue jeans, and black Nike Shoes.

According to a background check, DuBose has a criminal record dating back to 1997. Some of the charges include criminal domestic violence, burglary, and grand larceny.

If you have any information about this case, you are asked to call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.

http://www.wistv.com/story/18936228/amber-alert-child-abducted-by-father-at-gas-station

AMBER Alert: Father surrounded by deputies; Boy still missing

Posted: Jul 02, 2012 5:58 PM EDT

Updated: Jul 02, 2012 8:49 PM EDT




CLARENDON COUNTY, SC (WIS) -
Clarendon County deputies are currently in standoff with the father of a missing boy, according to Sheriff Garrett.

Sheriff Garrett says deputies have surrounded
the 32-year-old father Brandon Lee Dubose along Sammy Swamp Road and
Highway 261 near the Sumter County line.

Deputies say the child is no longer with the father and they are continuing to search for the missing child.

According to WIS's news reporter Meaghan
Norman, who's on the scene, dogs and helicopter have been called the
area, while Sheriff Garrett organizes crews at the intersection of Sammy
Swamp and Hwy 261.

WIS will keep you updated as soon as more information is available.

Earlier this evening, the Clarendon County
Sheriff's Department issued an AMBER alert for the child they say was
abducted by his father early Monday afternoon.

Investigators say 2-year-old Brandon Lee
DuBose, II was taken at a gas station at Raccoon Road and Highway 261
West around 1:30 p.m.

The child is described as having red hair,
blue eyes, and weighs 30 pounds. He was last seen wearing a white
t-shirt, blue shorts, and black Nike sandals

The child's father, 32-year-old Brandon Lee
DuBose, is sought in connection with the abduction. He is described as
5'11", 185 pounds, and was last seen wearing a black Gamecock t-shirt
with a big Gamecock on front, blue jeans, and black Nike Shoes.

According to a background check, DuBose has a
criminal record dating back to 1997. Some of the charges include
criminal domestic violence, burglary, and grand larceny.

If you have any information about this case, you are asked to call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.

http://www.wistv.com/story/18936228/amber-alert-child-abducted-by-father-at-gas-station

I pray this baby is unharmed.

larendon County deputies are still trying to
locate a missing 2-year-old they say was abducted by his father early
Monday afternoon.
According to Sheriff Garrett, 2-year-old
Brandon Lee DuBose, II was taken from a gas station at Raccoon Road and
Highway 261 West around 1:30 p.m.

Deputies say the boy was with his mother, when his father, 32-year-old Brandon Lee Dubose, took him and fled the scene.

A short time later, a deputy spotted Dubose's
vehicle and initiated a traffic stop. According to the deputy, when he
approached the vehicle, he could hear the child screaming.

Dubose then yelled at the officer that "He was not going back to jail" and took off.

A pursuit ensued into Sumter County, where Dubose turned into a cornfield and exited the vehicle with the child.

According to Sheriff Garrett, officers do know that Dubose fled the corn field with the child.

Garrett says bloodhounds and a helicopter
were called into the search, while he organized crews at the
intersection of Sammy Swamp and Hwy 261.

Garrett says deputies followed the father's
tracks into a swamp area and has reason to believe that the child was
not with him when he left.

The Clarendon County Sheriff's Department
have contacted other resources to help conduct the search for
the missing boy in the swamp area.

The child is described as having red hair,
blue eyes, and weighs 30 pounds. He was last seen wearing a white
t-shirt, blue shorts, and black Nike sandals

The child's father, 32-year-old Brandon Lee
DuBose, is sought in connection with the abduction. He is described as
5'11", 185 pounds, and was last seen wearing a black Gamecock t-shirt
with a big Gamecock on front, blue jeans, and black Nike Shoes.

According to a background check, DuBose has a
criminal record dating back to 1997. Some of the charges include
criminal domestic violence, burglary, and grand larceny.

If you have any information about this case, you are asked to call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.
http://www.wbtv.com/story/18936228/amber-alert-child-abducted-by-father-at-gas-station

Missing 2-Year-Old Boy Found Safe, Dad Arrested

8:58 AM, Jul 3, 2012
Written by Tony Santaella

Clarendon County, SC (WLTX) - A missing two hear old Clarendon County boy has been found safe, and his father is in custody.

Two-year-old Brandon Lee Dubose II was found just before 8 a.m. Tuesday. He'd been missing since around 1 p.m. Monday.

Deputies say he'd been abducted by his father, 32-year-old Brandon Lee Dubose.

The boy was found in an 18-wheeler that was sitting in a field off Highway 261.

Sheriff Randy Garrett says the boy was taken from an Exxon gas station on Paxville Highway 261 and I-95 around 1:30 pm Monday. According to Garrett, Dubose followed the mother and the boy to the store, then took the child.

An 11-year-old stepdaughter of the man who was also there at the scene ran after Dubose to stop him, but the suspect knocked her down.

Garrett says the abduction rose out of an ongoing domestic dispute between the mother and Dubose.

According to the sheriff, Dubose later sent a text message to the mother saying he would kill the child.

A deputy pulled over Dubose, but when the officer approached the vehicle, Garrett says the man said he wasn't going to jail, and pulled away. Officers say they pursued him until he reached a cornfield, where Dubose then jumped out of the vehicle with the child.

The man eventually went into a swamp near Sammy Swamp Road and Highway 261.

Garrett said officers were particularly worried because they say the man sent a text message to the mother saying he'd kill the child.

Crews searched through the night to find the child. Over a half-dozen law enforcement agencies joined in the effort.

http://www.wltx.com/news/article/192739/2/Missing-2-Year-Old-Boy-Found-Safe-Dad-Arrested