MILTON — Here is the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s law enforcement report for Santa Rosa County.
Officer Jones responded to a B.O.L.O., or be on the look-out request, from the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office for a stolen truck, possibly in the Escribano Point Wildlife Management Area. Jones went to the Bayside Campground, where he located an abandoned, vandalized Suzuki vehicle.
The campsite had been ransacked, and the registration on the abandoned vehicle traced back to a female from another state. Witness reports and information from WMA employees led investigators to be concerned that a mother and child previously seen with a man might be endangered.
Jones, along with several other FWC officers, attempted to locate the registered owner, or others who may have information on their whereabouts, and were able to contact the father of the vehicle’s registered owner.
He provided information about his daughter and her boyfriend, and said the infant child was his granddaughter, whose custody was granted to them by local court.
After exhausting all local efforts, Jones received a call several days later, stating that the couple was arrested in another state in connection with the stolen truck.
Authorities contacted the child’s grandfather, who traveled to that state to take custody of the girl.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Milton child welfare concern ends with reunion