DANIEL DIERSON - 4 yo - Louisville KY

Police Seek Missing Man, 4-Year-Old Boy

Antonio Ross Frequently Watches Girlfriend's Son

POSTED: 12:24 pm EST February 12, 2011

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Police said they're looking for a man who disappeared with his live-in girlfriend's 4-year-old son on Friday.Antonio T. Ross was last seen with the child, Daniel M. Dierson, at about 4:30p.m. on Friday.
The boy's mother said Ross told her he was taking the child to get something to eat in the area of Hurstborne Lane and Bunson Parkway.

Antonio Ross was last seen with his girlfriend's 4-year-old son on Friday afternoon. More

Police said Ross often takes care of the child, but the mother has not heard from him since.Police said they're looking for a silver 1999 Honda Civic with Kentucky license plate No. 5133BD. Anyone with information is asked to call the Louisville Metro Police Department at 502-574-5673.

LMPD: Missing 4-year-old found safe in car after call from suspect Saturday

(WHAS11) According to Dwight Mitchell, LMPD, the missing 4-year-old was found in the suspect’s car at 18th and Oak streets at approximately 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

The child’s mother, Sarah Dierson, and her father went looking for the 4-year-old Saturday; they had a house or area where they suspected he might be. While they were in the area, they got a text message from the suspect telling them to go to a fast food restaurant and the child would be there. The mother immediately called an LMPD detective, went to the location, found the car and the child was inside.

Immediately after the happy reunion, Antonio R, who goes by Tony, called the mother back and told her he didn’t want her to think that he’d left the child there alone. He told her he was watching, even if she couldn’t see him. He asked if there was a warrant out for him.

Dierson said the child is okay; he’s running around, playing laughing and said, when asked what he had been doing all this time, “Riding around with Tony.”
Antonio Ross is still at large.

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The search continues for a man accused of taking his girlfriend's child.The boy was reported missing Friday night but was found nearly 24 hours later at a fast food restaurant on Dixie Highway.Police got a warrant for Antonio Ross' arrest over the weekend.When caught, Ross will face charges of wanton endangerment and custodial interference.Police started their search for Ross on Friday night after 4-year-old Daniel Dierson was reported missing.Sara
Dierson found her son sitting in a car at a fast food restaurant on
Dixie Highway after Ross told her to meet him Saturday afternoon.When Dierson arrived, Ross had already left.The
criminal history for Ross in Jefferson County dates back to 1996. He
was charged with fourth-degree assault last spring after an altercation
with his then-girlfriend.Last May, Ross was charged with fourth-degree assault.According
to an arrest citation, Ross "attacked the victim grabbing her by the
arms and wrist causing bruising visible to officer."The Dierson family said they're happy to have Daniel home safe, but they now fear for their lives."He's
put this family through hell; there's no other way to put it. You don't
take a child for 24 hours and expect everything to be OK. It's not
normal; you don't do that,” said Sara Dierson.Daniel Dierson was taken to Kosair Children’s Hospital as protocol, but he did not suffer any serious injuries.Since the boy returned home, the family said Ross has texted and called."I
asked him why and he just said there's no harm, my son is fine, nothing
is wrong with him,” Sara Dierson said. “I just think he has some
personal issues going on and he didn't want to come home and happened to
take him with him."According to records from Metro Corrections,
Ross' most recent arrest was last July. He was charged with escape,
fourth-degree assault and theft by failure to make required disposition.His criminal history also includes assault of a police officer.

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