"The department said in a written statement that the case would be presented to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. Prosecutors will consider filing multiple criminal charges against the three suspects including kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon. The suspects, identified as 20-year-old Dragan Antonescu; his father, Viorel Illie, 48; and his mother, Marioara Illie, 40, were arrested in Winslow, Ariz. about eight hours after an Ambert Alert was issued. The three will be extradited back to Los Angeles County, though the timing of that has not been announced."
"Investigators determined that, shortly before 11 a.m., the suspects approached the mother of the child and family members who were with her and began to assault her as they forcibly removed the baby from her arms. "Antonescu produced a knife, threatened the victim and her family, and fled the location with the child in a gray colored Toyota Sienna minivan," the statement read. The child's mother suffered minor injuries during the assault and was taken by ambulance to a hospital."
Los Angeles County investigators say three suspects forcibly removed a baby from a mother's arms during an assault in a Target parking lot on Colima Road shortly before 11 a.m. The suspects allegedly assaulted the mother, and one produced a knife before fleeing with the child in a gray Toyota Sienna minivan. The child's mother sustained minor injuries and was taken to a hospital. The suspects—20-year-old Dragan Antonescu and his parents, Viorel and Marioara Illie—were arrested in Winslow, Arizona about eight hours after an Amber Alert and will be extradited to Los Angeles County. The case will be presented to the district attorney for possible kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon charges. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services is coordinating the child's return.
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