Zabe Mendez, 2 years old, was forcibly taken from his mother in Topeka. Authorities issued an Amber Alert at 12:01 p.m. July 22. Zabe was last seen at the 500 block of NE Wabash. He is Hispanic male ...

T OPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Topeka child who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found safe in Illinois, officials said early Tuesday afternoon.

Officers seized a concealed firearm from a man they arrested July 22 in east-central Illinois while rescuing 2-year-old Zabe Mendez, who had been abducted in Topeka, said police in Mattoon, Illinois.

Two-year-old Zabe Mendez, abducted from Topeka, Kansas, was found safe in Mattoon, Illinois. Christopher Barnshaw, 42, was arrested in Mattoon in connection with aggravated kidnapping and unlawful ...