GA kids found safe after stranger drove off with them

2:38 PM, Feb 22, 2012   |    comments
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Update: 1:35 Authorities: 2 Georgia children reported kidnapped from roadside have been found safe
 

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) -- Authorities in the Atlanta area say they are searching for two children who were reported kidnapped after a stranger offered to help the family when their car broke down on the side of an interstate highway.

DeKalb County police say the car broke down early Wednesday and a stranger stopped to help. As the mother was making arrangements for a tow truck, the stranger drove off with the children in a 2000 to 2005 green Jeep Cherokee.

The two children are identified as 3-year-old Jalen Mattison and 1-year-old Amari Mattison.

Police say the mother does not know the suspect.