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Abducted Oakland Girl Back in Mom's Arms

OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS)_  An Amber Alert has ended safely in San Pablo when a man suspected of kidnapping his daughter cooperated with police and backed out of an apartment building shortly before 5 p.m. on Friday. 

21-year-old Leon Sanders was believed to have taken his two-year-old daughter, Aliyah, with him threatening to harm her by cutting her and throwing her over the Bay Bridge according to Oakland police.

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Police were originally looking for a grey BMW, but quickly found the car.

The suspect was apprehended on Contra Costa Ave. at Riverside in San Pablo.

An Amber Alert was issued late Friday afternoon with a full description of the suspect and his daughter.

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