BRIEFLY : ABDUCTION SUSPECT LOCATED VIA WEB TIP.VENTURA - A tip stemming from an Internet Web site displaying photos of missing children led FBI agents to arrest a Simi Valley woman who they said abducted abduct /ab·duct/ (ab-dukt´) to draw away from the median plane, or (the digits) from the axial line of a limb.abdu´cent ab·duct (  b-d her toddler sons and fled to Utah. Dietricha Sweeney, 36, is accused of abducting her 4-year-old twin boys in October and is awaiting an extradition hearing after her arrest Thursday in Salt Lake City Lake City, town (1990 pop. 10,005), seat of Columbia co., N Fla.; inc. 1921. It was founded in the 1830s as a military post. Lake City is located in a farm and cattle area and produces tobacco, lumber products, and naval stores. The city also has airplane repair centers and is the headquarters of Ocala National Forest. Area tourism adds to the economy.. Investigators with the Ventura County District Attorney's Office turned up leads that led them across the country, as well as to Canada and Mexico. In February, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children called investigators with a lead that Sweeney was in Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, city (1990 pop. 159,936), alt. c.4,330 ft (1,320 m), state capital and seat of Salt Lake co., N central Utah, on the Jordan River and near the Great Salt Lake, at the foot of the Wasatch Range; inc. 1851. The largest city in the state, it is a great regional center, world headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the processing point for products of an irrigated farm region that is rich in minerals.. Then last week, an individual spotted Sweeney's photo on the center's Web site and called the DA's Child Abduction and Recovery Unit. Officials with the FBI and the Salt Lake City Fugitive Task Force arrested Sweeney on a $100,000 felony warrant. She was booked into the Salt Lake City Jail, where she is awaiting an extradition hearing. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's Web site is at www.missingkids.org. - Daily News |
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