{"id":4993,"date":"2018-09-07T20:53:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T00:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/site\/?p=4993"},"modified":"2018-12-14T21:57:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T02:57:57","slug":"ohio-amber-alert-eli-opembe-abducted-from-columbus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/ohio-amber-alert-eli-opembe-abducted-from-columbus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Amber Alert: Eli Opembe abducted from Columbus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE: The amber alert has been canceled. Eli was found safe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An Ohio Amber Alert has been issued for 9-year-old Eli Opembe after he was allegedly abducted from Columbus, local officials say. Anyone with information is urged to call 911 immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at 6 p.m. last Saturday when Eli was allegedly taken from Carrington Ridge Drive in the Lewis Center area. Specific details about the circumstances were not immediately released.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect has been identified as 38-year-old Verona Thomas, who is Eli&#8217;s mother but does not have custody of the child. She is described as a black female with brown eyes, standing 5 feet 10 inches tall.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas and the child are believed to be traveling in a <strong>blue 2010 Nissan Altima with Connecticut license plate number AB68371<\/strong>. It&#8217;s unknown where the suspect may be taking the child.<\/p>\n<p>The child is described as a 9-year-old black male with black hair and brown eyes, standing 4 feet 10 inches tall and weighing about 35 pounds. 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