Woodstock Mom Charged With Kidnapping Son, Child Cruelty, Battery

WOODSTOCK, GA — A mother from Woodstock was charged with several counts of child abuse and kidnapping after dangerously taking her own son.

At 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Cherokee Sheriff's deputies responded to a residence on Jasmine Court in Woodstock after receiving reports a mother had forcibly taken her 11-year-old son at knife point, handcuffed the child and was possibly fleeing the state.

Deputies were talking with the child's father by phone who had received the information from the son. The father arrived at the house and said that he had been in contact with both the son and the wife and was unable to convince her to return home. He felt she was fleeing to Louisiana where she had family. The father also said he was able to track a cell phone in the wife's vehicle.

Deputies were able to coordinate with law enforcement south of Atlanta, and the vehicle was spotted by the Grantville Police and pulled over on I-85 north of Lagrange.

Cherokee Sheriff's deputies arrived, and found handcuffs and a knife inside the vehicle. The son had visible injuries to his arms.

After interviewing the child and the mother, Alicia Omana, 34, of Woodstock, was charged with Kidnapping FVA, False Imprisonment FVA, Aggravated Assault FVA, Cruelty to Children in the 1st Degree FVA, Battery FVA and Obstructing a 911 call.

She remains in custody at the Cherokee County Adult Detention without bond.