Crime & Safety
Missing Arkansas 3-Year-Old Found Safe, Amber Alert Canceled
An Amber Alert was issued Monday for Jacksonville toddler Jal'ah Ware. She was later found safe.
JACKSONVILLE, AR — An Arkansas toddler who was the subject of an Amber Alert on Monday has been found safe. State police had issued the alert after they said 3-year-old Jal'ah Ware was taken by her biological father during an aggravated residential burglary. Troopers later said she was found unharmed.
"Jal’ah has been located, and is safe," state police wrote in a Tweet on Monday afternoon.
The Amber Alert initially said Jal'on Ware shot a man and physically attacked him before taking his daughter. Authorities said he might have been in a white 2018 Jeep Cherokee with a temporary Arkansas license plate and considered him armed and dangerous.
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He was reportedly still on the run.
Anyone with information should call the Jacksonville Police Department at 501-985-2802
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Photo credit: Arkansas State Police
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