Woman arrested after allegedly abducting her children in Haywood
A former Haywood Country resident who now lives in Virginia was arrested after she allegedly kidnapped three of her children on the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 6.
Ready for the worst: Cherokee police receive toolkit to aid AMBER Alert response
When a child goes missing, the first 48 hours are the most critical portion of the response. If it ever happens on the Qualla Boundary, the Cherokee Indian Police Department wants to be ready to hit the ground running the moment the call comes through — and an award from the The AMBER Advocate’s Amber Alert in Indian Country Initiative aims to ensure officers are ready should the worst occur.
