A Florida woman has been charged with false imprisonment of a young child and burglary after she allegedly tried to kidnap a 5-year-old boy from his grandmother’s vehicle.
An immigration hold was also placed on Ivanna Nobile, 38, Broward County jail records show.
According to WPLG, the grandmother told police she had stopped her SUV at a gas station when it began smoking Tuesday morning. A stranger, later identified as Nobile, approached the vehicle and handed the grandmother “what appeared to be an Argentinian identification and told her that (the) person pictured was her aunt.”
The grandmother said she “did not pay her much mind” until Nobile opened the rear passenger door, where the boy was sitting.
“I’m taking him,” Nobile said as she grabbed the child’s arm. “This child is the wrong color to be with this woman.”
The police report on the incident said that surveillance video and witnesses corroborated the grandmother’s statements, with the witnesses reporting they were alerted to the incident by the grandmother’s screams.
One witness said she heard the grandmother “screaming for help stating that this woman was trying to kidnap her kid,” Law&Crime reported. She said she saw the suspect “pulling on” the boy’s arm, the affidavit says.
Police arrived on the scene after the grandmother called 911. Nobile was taken into custody but “refused to speak” with the officer who wrote the affidavit.
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[Featured image: Ivanna Nobile/Broward County Sheriff’s Office]
