JACQUIR BASTON - 8 yo - Wilkinsburg PA

Amber Alert signs are flashing on majorhighway in the Lehigh Valley
this morning for an 8-year-old boy abducted in Allegheny County.

State police issued the alert on behalf of the Wilkinsburg Police
Department, which is searching for Jacquir Baston who was reportedly
taken by David George.

The alert does not explain George's relationship to the boy or include
a vehicle description and possible direction of travel or destination.

State police described the boy as black, about 5 feet 1 inch tall, 70
pounds, short black hair, brown eyes and last seen wearing a red
"Timberland" T-shirt, faded black jeans and black shoes with blue
soles. He was taken from his home in Wilkinsburg around 3 a.m. today.

His alleged abductor was described as a black male, 25 years old, 6
feet 2 inches tall, 200 pounds, black hair worn in braids with beads in
the back and a lazy, right eye. He was last wearing blue jeans, a black
T-shirt with gold writing down the sleeve and a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball cap.

If anyone has information or sees them, call 911

State police have issued an Amber Alert for a missing boy in Wilkinsburg.FBI agents are joining the search for 8-year-old Jacquir Baston.

Jacquir
is described as a black male standing at about 5 feet 1 inch tall and
weighing 70 pounds. He has short black hair and brown eyes and was last
seen wearing a red Timberland T-shirt and faded black jeans.Police said Baston was taken from a home along Center Street by his mother's ex boyfriend, David George, 25.According
to Jacquir's mother, Annique Baston, George took the boy to get back at
her after a fight. She said he is the father of her 4-year-old twins.Baston
said she and her family were in town from Virginia for a child support
hearing. She said George owes her $22,000. She said she fears for her
son, claiming George has guns.George is described as black man
standing about 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing about 200 pounds. He
has black hair that is braided with beads in the back. Police said he
also has a lazy right eye. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a black
T-shirt with gold writing down the sleeve and a Pittsburgh Pirates ball
cap.Anyone with information is asked to call police.

Cell Phone Trace Helped Police Find Suspect, Abducted 8-Year-Old Boy



Posted: 7:02 am EDT August 31, 2009Updated: 5:27 pm EDT August 31, 2009WILKINSBURG, Pa. -- A cell phone trace by the FBI helped officials locate a suspect and the 8-year-old boy he is accused of abducting from a home in Wilkinsburg Monday morning.

State police issued an Amber Alert and FBI agents joined the search for Jacquir Baston, who was found when police arrested David George, 25, at a bus stop in the 2600 block of Perrysville Avenue just before 1 p.m.

Jacquir was taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital to be checked.

Police said Jacquir was taken from a home along Center Avenue by George at 3 a.m. Jacquir was staying with friends of the family.



According to Jacquir's mother, Annique Baston, George took the boy to get back at her after a fight. She said he is the father of her 4-year-old twins.



Baston said she and her family were in town from Virginia for a child support hearing. She said George owes her $22,000. She said she feared for her son and said that George owns several guns.



"He's definitely underdressed for this morning weather. I'm very concerned, and I want my son back," Baston said.



George has an extensive criminal background, including assault, corruption of minors and robbery. He was scheduled to be in Family Court Monday morning.

Wilkinsburg police are questioning a man suspected of kidnapping an 8-year-old boy this morning.
The
boy, Jacquir Baston, was taken to Mercy Hospital for examination after
he and suspect David George, 25, were located in a house on Perrysville
Avenue in Pittsburgh, police said.
State police canceled an Amber Alert issued for the two after police found them around 12:45 p.m.
Baston was taken from a house on Center Street in Wilkinsburg at about 3 a.m., police said.
George
and the child's mother, Annique Baston, argued early today, Wilkinsburg
police Chief Ophelia "Cookie" Coleman said. George is the father of
Baston's 4-year-old twins but not the father of Jacquir, Coleman said.
Baston
lives in Virginia with her children but was in the area because she and
George were due in court today for a child support hearing regarding
the twins.
"He told her he did not want to be in court," Coleman said.

Pennsylvania State Police said the
8-year-old boy at the center of an Amber Alert has been found, and
Wilkinsburg police said he appears to be unharmed.

Jacquir Baston

The
original alert reported that Jacquir Baston was taken from a home in
the 1200 block of Center Street in Wilkinsburg around 3 a.m. on Monday.Police said the boy was reported to have been taken by 25-year-old David George, of Pittsburgh's North Side.Channel
4 Action News' Marcie Cipriani reported the boy and George were found
in the 2600 Block of Perrysville Avenue on Pittsburgh's North Side.Cipriani
reported that the boy and his mother, Annique Baston, went to UPMC
Mercy Hospital so the child could be checked out by doctors. The
hospital did not release any information about the boy's condition.George
called his girlfriend when he heard police were looking for him and he
agreed to turn himself in, said Wilkinsburg Police Chief Ophelia
Coleman said, who added that George told police there had been a
misunderstanding behind the whole situation.Annique Baston told
Channel 4 Action News that Jacquir was staying with family friends when
George walked in and took the boy. George is the father of the mother's
4-year-old twins. The mother said that she and George had argued
earlier in the day.

David George

"This
is my child, not his child. I'm concerned for his safety, concerned for
what kind of condition he may or may not be in," Annique Baston said at
a news conference on Monday, before Jacquir was found. "I'm sure he's
afraid now. And I just want my son to know I love him. I'm waiting for
him to come home."Baston told Channel 4 that George has made
threats before about taking the couple's twins, but never Jacquir. She
said that George never hurt the boy and Jacquir would have gone with
him willingly.While Coleman didn't give specific details, she
told Nicotra that David George has had run-ins with the law and that he
is considered dangerous.George was in the Wilkinsburg area for a
family court hearing regarding the twins he shares with Baston. Coleman
said that George took the boy because he was unhappy with having to go
to court."He told her he did not want her to be in family division and went to the residence to take the child," Coleman said.