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Andrea Samone Walker (Source: Charleston County Detention Center)
SUMMERVILLE, SC (WMBF/WCSC) - Law enforcement officials from the local, state and federal level, as well as North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey, were elated to announce the safe return of baby Angel Miguel Perez to his mother and father at a press conference Wednesday morning.
Spencer Pryor, spokesman for the North Charleston Police, said two phone tips helped identify the suspect as Andrea Samone Walker, 19, as well as the location of both the suspect and the 1-month-old baby.
The tips led police to the Grove Apartments in Summerville where the baby was secured and Walker was arrested without incident.
Police believe Walker followed Perez' mother, Lidia Perez, and when the opportunity presented itself to kidnap the child, she did.
In an early morning release, police said the baby was safe but would be transported to the Medical University for an exam to make sure he was in perfect health. At MUSC, mother, father and son were reunited.
Angel was snatched out of his mother's car in a North Charleston post office parking lot. The boy's mother told police she left her son in a running car while she went inside to drop off mail. When she returned, the child was gone.
Witnesses told police they saw a black woman running from the post office parking lot with a baby in her arms. They described the suspect as a short, stocky black woman wearing a blue and white striped shirt and boots.
By Monday night, police released a description of the suspect's car, a gray or charcoal Honda Civic with a rear spoiler.
An Amber Alert was issued by the State Law Enforcement Division Monday night and the FBI joined in the search Tuesday morning.
Walker's bond was denied by a judge Monday afternoon after the infant's mother request she not be released by jail.
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