Crime & Safety

Troy Man Gets 6 Years In Prison For Kidnapping His Child: Report

Officials said Nicholas Frost​, 47, entered the mother's home through a crawl space and kidnapped his infant daughter.

TROY, MI — A Troy man was sentenced Wednesday to six to 20 years in prison for kidnapping his infant daughter from a Richmond Township in July 2021, according to a report from the Oakland Press, citing court records.

Nicholas Frost, 47, was sentenced to 6 and a half years for first-degree home invasion, unlawful imprisonment and driving away of a vehicle and child abandonment by Macomb County Circuit Judge Edward Servitto, the report said.

Frost initially pleaded guilty in April, on the condition that he would enter a Mental Health Court. However, once the request was denied, he withdrew his guilty plea and asked for immediate sentencing, the report said.

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On July 29, 2021, Frost entered the mother’s home through a crawl space, took the child and drove away in her vehicle, Michigan State Police said. The kidnapping triggered an Amber Alert.

Employees at a Madison Heights business eventually found the baby in a car seat on a sidewalk shortly after the Amber Alert, officials said. The baby was then taken to a hospital for evaluation and was reunited with her mother, officials said.

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