AKRON, Ohio — A Lyft driver accused of kidnapping a nearly 2-year-old girl in Ohio was arrested last Friday, according to our CBS affiliate WOIO-19 TV.
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According to Akron police, Steven Moore, 52, and the child’s mother reportedly got into a fight as he was driving the pair.
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Moore allegedly stopped the car near Arlington Street and Triplett Boulevard and sped away after the mother got out, WOIO-19 reported.
When police arrived on scene, dispatchers told them that the Lyft driver had taken the child to a nearby fire station.
Officers went to the firehouse and found the child unharmed, according to WOIO-19.
Moore was arrested at the firehouse on kidnapping and possession of drug paraphernalia charges.
Akron police said officers found a drug-related instrument inside the car.
Moore was booked into the Summit County Jail.
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