The family and police say they always knew there was a possibility that carlesha wouldnt come home, but they always held out hope. And tonight, you can tell by the smiles on the faces of the detectives who work here at northwest detectives who worked this case very hard, this ending was a special one. Tonight the fbi and the Philadelphia Police department have great news that carlesha freeland has been rescued. Her abductor has been arrested. Reporter three day after she was kidnapped off a street, shes been found alive and the man agents found her with was arrested. This individual is off the streets, so no one else is in danger right now because they got a very dangerous predator off the street. Reporter the suspect is Delvin Barnes. Police say they nabd the 37yearold in jessup, maryland. They rescued carlesha from her alleged kidnapper on the side of the road after following some tips. She snatched her off of west coulter street sunday night. Thank you for having us in your prayers. Im taking my baby home. Reporter with a big smile on her face, the victims mother Keisha Gaither thanked the public for her daughters safe return. Court records show hes a convicted felon who was recently released from prison. Hes a vicious predator. Hes off the street, and hopefully hell be in jail for the rest of his life. Thats the only thing he deserves. Reporter tonight police made it clear this is still an ongoing investigation. So many of the details did not come out today. They say for now, the motive is still unclear. Were live outside northwest detectives, nefertiti jaquez, nbc 10 news. Tonight our crews are on the ground and in the air in jessup, maryland, where the fbi rescued carlesha. Investigators spotted the car they were looking for in a parking lot and tonight they put it on a flat bed. Our Live Team Coverage continues in maryland where tonight weve learned atf agents played a role. They held a News Conference a short time ago. Tim furlong joins us live from jessup. What did agents have to say . Reporter they are feeling very good about what happened here tonight. Everybody worked together well. Heres how it all went down. The suspect was wanted on a warrant out of southern virginia. A tip came into the richmond atf office that the car was there. They called the maryland guys and said get over there right away, they did and got their man. They might have saved carleshas life. He was more surprised than anything, i think. Reporter Delvin Barnes never saw it coming. Atf agents got here fast. They saw a man and a woman in the back seat. They said barnes saw them and climbed up into the drivers seat. The agents at that point moved in and utilized one of their vehicles to block him to prevent him from leaving the parking area. The woman was very relieved that Law Enforcement was on scene, and once she had the time to process what had occurred, you could tell she was very emotionally distraught. Reporter carlesha had yelled to the agents that she was the woman abducted in philly. Barnes just calmly gave up at that point agents didnt find any guns in his car, just an emotional victim. Inside the cigar bar the regulars had just seen the video of carleshas abduction, they looked outside and saw a major crime scene and their cell phones started buzzing. Everybody was popping up it was solved, but i had no idea it was being solved right here outside of the door. Reporter yeah, right outside the door, right back there and that atf agent, he was giddy talking about this tonight talking about how Law Enforcement worked together. No matter what badge or vest you wear, youre all cops. He said this one felt really, really good. Tim furlong, nbc 10 news. And before the 22yearold was found, there was a vigil planned tonight for 7 00 at the scene where carlesha was taken. Turns out tonight at 7 00 p. M. Is exactly when police announced she had been rescued. Nbc 10s Denise Nakano talked to her mom and relatives tonight. Shes joining us live from where it all started in germantown. Reporter carleshas family describes what theyre feeling as beyond happy. They say shes a strong woman and she never lost hope and neither did investigators. Overwhelmed and overjoyed. I want to dance. I want to scream. Reporter the family of carlesha are just elated. I was very happy they found my granddaughter alive. This thing went viral to help my niece get back home. We appreciate everybody, the fbi, the cops, anybody that had involvement. Reporter at tonights News Conference an embrace between carleshas mother and detective jim sloan, one of the investigators on the case who made her a promise. He sat in my kitchen in front of me and told me im bringing your daughter home. Im bringing your daughter home. He said im bringing your daughter home. And he brought my baby home. Reporter the germantown street where carlesha was abducted became the scene of celebration as word spread she was found alive. I thought it was going to be some bad news, you know, but god is good. Reporter sadness turned to joy and now the race to reunite with carlesha and bring her home. Thats all im going to care about right now is just getting to see my daughter. Reporter and that time is almost here. And now to my colleague George Spencer who is down in columbia, maryland, at the hospital where carles carleshas mother is expected any minute now. George . Reporter Good Condition. Weve learned that she was rushed to the emergency room that you see there in the distance behind me. Where she was found by Law Enforcement, both relieved and emotional. 35 minutes from now were expecting a caravan of some 15 family members to arrive here at the hospital to reunite with the young woman they havent seen since last weekend. Agents rescued her about ten miles from the hospital. She did not appear to i have any serious visible injuries. Carlesha spoke by phone to her mother and told her mom how she felt. She was very upset. She was crying. And she was just asking for me. Telling me she missed me. Come get her. Im going to go get my daughter. Im going to get my baby. All right, George Spencer reporting for us there. We apologize for the audio difficulties. We now know that a bag of potato chips may have helped investigators break this case open. They say the suspect barnes bought the chips inside an acme supermarket in north philadelphia sunday. This is Surveillance Video from inside that store. A woman told us she later found the discarded bag along with the receipt outside her home in maryland. Deanna durante talked to that woman and shows us how trash may have helped police on the case. It was early monday morning along this rural Northern Maryland road when a woman says she was leaving her home and she spotted in her driveway what appeared to be a small bag. Inside she looked and thought it was just trash. Theks to the bag a pile of broken glass. She didnt think much of it, even threw away the bag, until she called Maryland Police to tell them what she had found, after she heard about the kidnapping and thought that glass could have been from the back window of a car. She said many fbi agents, to of them, came to her home and began looking for clues. She didnt tell us what she found in the bag other than what she thought were food wrappers. However, Police Sources tell us inside that bag, a receipt that led them to a northeast philadelphia acme. That was key evidence because they were able to find Surveillance Video of the suspect at that grocery store. Deanna durante, nbc 10 news. Tonight, here is the mug shot of Delvin Barnes. Hes the man police say was on the Surveillance Video using carleshas atm card in maryland and buying food at the acme in philadelphia. What do we know about the suspect now in custody . Police say he has a violent criminal past. We immediately started digging into Court Documents about current charges he faces and his past. Nbc 10s Rosemary Connors joins us live from the digital operations center. You tracked down the suspects family members tonight. Thats right, i spoke to the suspects uncle, lamar barnes. He tells me that delvin was raised by good parents, that his father was a minister. The uncle says that he is disturbed by the allegations and has these words for his nephew. I tell him hes wrong, and if he was somebody i didnt know, i would say whatever they do to him is fine. But now hes my nephew, same thing. What aim going to do . Its just hard for me to accept the viciousness of it. Really surprised. Some men have problems with women so they take it out on women. Apparently hes one of them. Reporter the uncle has seen this video of the attack on carlesha and says hes glad shes safe. He and i talked about his nephews conviction. The family lived in virginia after he was released. The uncle tells me those charges were brought by the mother ofvins daughter. Hes accused of capital murder in virginia. The uncle says that Delvin Barnes was a troubled boy despite his parents efforts to create a loving home for he and his sister. Im Rosemary Connors, nbc 10 news. And there is still much to learn about this crime. Nbc 10 is committed to staying on top of this breaking story on the air, online and on social media. To the weather now, right on schedule. Rain moving into the region. Take a look at first alert radar. Its going to be a messy morning commute. Heres first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. Yes, we have sunlight showers trying to move in right now. They are starting to develop across the area. We have it from Lancaster County into the philadelphia area, parts of south jersey and delaware seeing mostly very light rain or even just some sprinkles at this hour. There is more rain to come. All back to our west and southwest. Its streaming in from the gulf coast states. And we will be seeing rain as we wake up tomorrow morning. Future weather puts a big area of rain continuing to spread out across our region through the Morning Hours tomorrow. By 7 00 a. M. Well see blanketed rain with some pockets of some more moderate rainfall. As far as those temperatures are concerned, when you step outside, the mid50s. Ill show you the time of the rain through the rest of the day and how cold it will be once it all clears out. Next, found alive. Were learning new details about the capture of the suspect and how police rescued carlesha three days after she was kidnapped. Plus a local Police Officer shot in the head. He didnt even spend time in the hospital. What saved him as the shots rang out today. From the moment carlesha was abducted. To the moment she was found. Carlesha freeland has been rescued. Nbc 10 was there every step of the way. Committed to bringing you breaking details as they happen. Around the clock. Nbc 10 was on. On air, online and on your mobile device. With reporters in philadelphia and maryland. This has a happy ending. When news this big break, count on the station here for you. Take my baby home. Thank you. Nbc 10 news. Count on it. Updating our breaking news, Carlesha Freeland Gaither is in Good Condition tonight at a hospital in maryland nearly 72 hours after her abduction in philadelphia. Carlesha was rescued from the car police have been looking for. She and her alleged kidnapper found in jessup, maryland. Agents acted on tips from the public to help track that car down. And that suspect is identified as Delvin Barnes. Hes been held tonight on an unrelated virginia warrant. But authorities believe he is carleshas kidnapper and the man seen dragging her down a germantown street sunday. Lets go to nefertiti jaquez where she spoke with family members tonight. Reporter great news from everyone all the way around. Carlesha is now safe and her suspect is behind bars. This announcement was made around 7 00 tonight. Police say they arrested Delvin Barnes and charged him with the kidnapping. They nabbed him in jessup, maryland. They rescued her from her kidnapper alongside the road after she got a bunch of tips. The two were in the same vehicle that he used when he grabbed her off of a germantown street sunday night. The victims mom thanked police and the fbi and the public for their help. Hes a vicious predator. Hes off the streets and hopefully hell be in jail for the rest of his life. Everybody, thank you so much for having us in your prayers. Thank you for keeping me up. Thank you for being there for us. Im taking my baby home. Reporter now the commissioner also tells us that he is very happy that this man is off the streets. Barnes is a convicted felon who was recently released from prison. Meantime, officials tell us theyre on the road to maryland with carleshas mom and other family members so that they can reunite her with carlesha. She is at a hospital there in maryland and is in Good Condition. Mom says that physically shes okay, but moenemotionally she h long road to recovery. At northwest detectives tonight nefertiti jaquez, nbc 10 news. We have complete coverage of this story on our website, nbc10. Com. Including a look at the suspects past legal troubles. Tonight, a father and son are accused in a shootout that injured officers in delaware county. Police arrested lamar james and his father tony gale this morning in collingdetail. They say james fired at the officers as they tried to arrest him for a previous shooting. The bullet hit him in the helmet. Another officer was shot in the hand. Both will be fine. Crews will be back out tomorrow to work on this broken water main in the grays ferry section of philadelphia. The intersection of 28th and dickinson streets. While one main was being fixed, the second one broke. Homes all have water again tonight, but crews will shut off the water again tomorrow once repairs resume. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. We have some rain moving into the area right now. That will set us up for tomorrow morning. So we are tracking showers moving across the area as we speak. Not everyones seeing the rain but tomorrow morning many of us will be seeing the rain. We start off your thursday and then as we clear out of the rain friday it gets colder and windy especially as we go into the weekend. Wait until you see saturday morning temperatures. Right now in philadelphia, though, were in the mid50s, so fairly mild with some light rain being reported at the airport. Atlantic city seeing only the cloud cover at this hour, mid50s. Reading seeing the clouds. This is some of the light rain moving in. Again, it will continue to spread and get heavier in some spots by tomorrow morning. The green is showing us mainly where the lighter rain is, as we zoom into the philadelphia area, you notice pockets of yellow here. So approaching philadelphia and little moderate areas of rainfall, especially parts of Burlington County like near lake pemberton. But this will move to the northeast all streaming in from the northwest here. Parts of delaware, jersey seeing the light rain approaching. This will continue to spread out tomorrow morning. You see gulf coast moisture around texas and louisiana, all part of the same system. This will move up as we go through the day tomorrow. Mostly the Morning Hours, that will be our best chance for some her heavy rain. At least well have some pockets of it across the area. We will be dealing with the wet morning commute. Going into the Morning Hours tomorrow, take a look at what future weather, a pretty large area of rainfall. This is around the time that a lot of people will be on the roads, just take it a little slower. Some pockets of heavy rain for some of you. By the afternoon hours, we dont clear out just yet. It is a cold front. Typically they go through pretty fast. Tomorrow this will be pretty slow. Rain through the day. Make sure you have your umbrella. You start to clear up a bit, but at least we see a lot of the rain coming to an end. Friday thats when we see the clouds clear out. Early friday morning we do expect a dry morning commute to end out the week and we see more sunshine. Those temperatures will start to drop off especially as we go through the weekend. Cloudy, mild, rain continuing after midnight. Thats more rain moving in, temperatures in the low 50s in philadelphia. Tomorrow well see rain heaviest in the Morning Hours. 57 to 60 degrees. The rain will just keep on moving through the overnight hours tonight. Tomorrow the rain around temperatures only topping out around 60. Going into friday, thats when temperatures drop down into the mid50s. As we go into saturday, were going to start off in the 30s and for saturday afternoon, we will be dry, the temperatures only around 50. The next chance of rain comes on sunday. We want to go back to tonights top story. Carlesha Freeland Gaither found in maryland. George spencer is where carlesha will be taken and her family will have an emotional reunion, george. Reporter jacqueline, in the very latest information we have here at nbc 10 is that that family, a caravan of carleshas family members should be arriving here at approximately 11 40 tonight. Earlier in the evening hospital officials did confirm that carlesha is here. Theyre saying she is in, quote, Good Condition. And a little before midnight were expecting what will be a joyful reunion in the emergency room where carlesha is being cared for here. We expect to watch the family roll in here, again, at about 11 40 tonight. We hope to bring that to you on nbc 10 news today tomorrow morning. Thats the latest in columbia, maryland, im George Spencer. Nbc 10 news. Merry christmas thanks but this gift, its kind of halffast. Whats wrong . W