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AUDIO: Mom Allegedly Abducts Own Child and Gets Arrested

Tulsa County Sheriff

30-year-old Kristan Ridick  is now in custody and her infant daughter is safe. This after a disturbance late this morning at a home near 4700 West 23rd, near Berryhill.

The Tulsa County Sheriff's office says Ridick kicked in the door of  the child's paternal grandmother's home. She reportedly assaulted the caregiver and took the baby. The grandmother had emergency guardianship of the child.

The sheriff's office issued an "Endangered Child Alert" and the mother and  baby were found about an hour later, still in the neighborhood.  Ridick was taken into custody. It will be up to the District Attorney to decide what charges will be filed.