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A third person has been charged in connection with the violent abduction of two Greece siblings in January as a 19-count felony indictment was revealed by Greece police this week.
Dimitri Cash Jr., 5, and his sister Shekeria Cash, 3, were forcibly taken from their foster home on English Road around 8:40 p.m. on Jan. 18 by two masked, unidentified suspects.
The siblings were located by federal law enforcement officials less than 48 hours later in Montgomery, Alabama after police tracked a rental car there. They were unharmed and were reunited with their foster family within a few days.
According to court documents released Tuesday, Joenathan Cash, 22, and Kimara Pluviose, 32, were the two accused of breaking into the house and abducting the siblings. Dimitri Cash Sr., 29, the children s biological father, planned the kidnapping from their foster home with his cousin Joenathan Cash and his girlfriend Pluviose.
Amber Alert / Town of Greece Police
Greece Police say the two young children kidnapped Monday evening have been located in Alabama and they are okay.
Police Chief Drew Forsythe on Wednesday night said that Shekeria Cash, 3, and her 5-year-old brother Dimitri Cash Jr. were found in the backseat of a car being driven by a woman in Montgomery, AL late Wednesday afternoon.
An Amber Alert had been issued late Monday night when police say someone broke into the foster home the kids were living in on English Road. At that time, police say two men in ski masks duct-taped a woman living there and two of her other foster kids, and then grabbed Shekeria and Dimitri and took off.
Amber Alert / Town of Greece Police
Greece Police, along with federal, state and local authorities continue their urgent search for two missing children who police say could be in imminent danger.
An Amber Alert was issued at about midnight Monday night for two small kids police say were abducted from a home on English Rd. in Greece at about 8:40 p.m.
One child is identified as Shekeria Cash, approximately 3 years old, described as a Black female with braided, black hair and brown eyes. She’s about 4 tall and weighs about 40 lbs. and was last seen wearing panda pajamas.
The other child is identified as Dimitri Cash Jr., approximately 5 years old, described as a Black male with short, black hair and brown eyes. He is also about 4 tall and weighs about 50 lbs. Dimitri was last seen wearing either fire truck or dinosaur pajamas.
WNY Father Facing Abduction, Robbery, Burglary Charges
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Dimitri Cash Sr., the father of two children who were abducted from outside of Rochester, has been charged in their kidnapping, according to WIVB. The siblings, 3-year-old Shekeria Cash and 5-year-old Dimitri Cash, were taken from their foster home in Greece, New York, on January 18, 2021. Cash Sr. was arrested and charged in connection to the abduction. He has been charged with robbery, kidnapping, and burglary. He is being held in the Monroe County Jail. Authorities found the children a few days later; they were located safely at a location in Alabama.