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ECSO Update: Woman Will Not Face Charges Of Kidnapping Her Grandchildren
August 6, 2021
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office now says the 50-year old Escambia County woman originally accused of kidnapping her grandchildren will not face charges.
The ECSO said Thursday that Amy Patterson Cannon was arrested and her grandchildren were found safe, a day after stating she was wanted for two counts of kidnapping minors under the age of 13.
After further investigation, it was determined that Cannon will not face an charges, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said Friday morning.
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23 Responses to “ECSO Update: Woman Will Not Face Charges Of Kidnapping Her Grandchildren”
Fla. Needs to change this law & give grandparent’s rights. I’d like to know how many grandparent’s are taking care of there grandchildren because the parents are fighting addiction, or just not fit. So the kids are yanked in 2 different directions . I’ve been there & my heart has been broken for years. Fla. Needs grandparent’s rights !!
she did the best she could !
@ Susan
Can I borrow your crystal ball being you know everything?
You have to be so impressed with yourself with supposition and picture painting.
I heard your tea leaves readings are awesome also!!
Perhaps the family refused to press charges. Doesn’t make the grandma saint, people. I hope the follow up investigation will be posted. And that she is only allowed supervised visitations till it’s resolved.
God bless you Ms. Patterson Cannon!!!
Good for her. I thought that was an overcharge from the beginning.
“NE owes this lady a formal apology for slandering her name …”
While we do sympathize with her and the family’s situation….no, we don’t. NorthEscambia.com reported only what the ECSO stated. Any of that is between her and the ECSO.
Seems there may be more to this story than is reported here. Hopefully the family will work things out. It is dreadful when children are pulled into family misunderstanings.
NE owes this lady a formal apology for slandering her name ….
Every situation is different. Law enforcement determined the kids were safe in the care of their biological grandmother, so no need to push the panic button!! Hopefully she can bring the reasons for her custody intervention out in her court appearance and what is in the best interest of the kids will prevail
I bet the grandmother had good intentions and probably tried everything already to protect those children. Good luck and God bless her. Bless the kids who would probably be better off with Grandmom.
I’m (a little) amazed at the number of people who state that they don’t know the details, and then proceed to tell us what the details are.
KIDNAPPING sounds like a serious charge for a blood grandparent to be charged with. How about, unauthorized possession of a grandchild.
Stephen, actually you legally can but you must notify law enforcement when it is safe to do so.
As a grandparent myself….. BET that if you put my grandbaby in harm or in situations repeatedly that I would do the exact same thing.
IDK the situations but if THAT is the case, THEN GOD JOB GRANNY
Regardless if she was “saving” the children from a bad situation or not you cannot just snatch up and run off with kids that do not legally belong to you.
Do you think a grandmother just took them for no reason? None of you know what’s actually going on.
Thank you for the replies, it seems to me that issuing an alert immediately, regardless of whether or not imminent danger is involved, would help find the child or children sooner. I Have to go read the guidelines, but it seems to me that there is some unnecessary red tape that can cause more harm than good. Thank you again for the kind, informative replies.
This is the Grandmother, people. I bet this story goes deeper than granny run off with the babies for no good reason. My guess is the mother or father ( granny’s kid) has issues that granny finds troubling. But don’t want to involve the law. Which she probably should have, if that be the case.. I wish them a peaceful resolution.. It is ashame.
Could be the grandmother was trying to get the grandkids away from a bad parent. I knew of grandparents that tried everything they could under the law to get their Grandchildren away from two parents that stayed drunk and used drugs, the state never could or would intervene. They thought about taking the kids away themselves, and I know that’s against the law and is considered kidnapping . Just my thoughts only.
Amber, Silver, and Blue Alerts have a set of parameters required before the alert can be issued by FDLE. The law enforcement agencies provide the facts and circumstances and it’s then determined if an alert is issued. As William Reynolds stated, it didn’t appear to be any danger to the children.
You can look for the guidelines on FDLE’s website.
>>Why wasn’t an amber alert issued when this was reported? I get them from Central and South Florida, why not this time?
For an Amber Alert, law enforcement must have a ” well-founded belief, based on an active investigation, that the child is in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury”.
Apparently they do not see it that way.
Why wasn’t an amber alert issued when this was reported? I get them from Central and South Florida, why not this time?