Father Arrested In Alleged Abduction Of Baby

EMERYVILLE, CA – A 39-year-old Oakland man has been arrested for allegedly abducting his 2-month-old baby boy on Thursday, police said.

The Emeryville Police Department asked for help finding the boy after his father Keith Ruffin, who does not have legal custody, allegedly forced his way into the mother's house and fled the scene with the child around 9 a.m. on Thursday.

But the baby was recovered several hours later and officers reunited the child with his mother, according to police.

Ruffin, who was arrested later on Thursday, is being held in lieu of $90,000 bail at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on suspicion of parental abduction and first-degree residential burglary.

Court records indicate that Ruffin, who works in the security business, tentatively is scheduled to be arraigned in Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland on Monday.

The Emeryville Police Department thanked the Oakland Police Department, the California Highway Patrol and the Alameda County sheriff's office for their assistance in finding the baby and arresting Ruffin.

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--Bay City News/Image via EPD