False Amber Alert case now out of Bazetta's jurisdiction

BAZETTA

Bazetta Township Police will have no further involvement in the case of a false Amber Alert issued out of South Carolina on Wednesday.

The two girls, age 1 and 2, were found in Bazetta and are spending Christmas in the care of Trumbull County Children Services.

The Amber Alert was issued by the girls’ aunt, Lisa Jordan, who is being held in South Carolina on $16,000 bond, charged with making false police reports. She had told police the children’s mother had taken them and also stolen Jordan’s car.

Although the aunt is the children’s legal guardian, it was determined that the mother was not legally restricted from having the children.

Detective Joe Sofchek said the department received an anonymous call Thursday saying that a red Honda Civic with South Carolina

license plates had been spotted at a Bazetta Walmart.

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