Woman convicted of abducting Newport News infant
3-month-old Jiraiya Cherry was taken from his Newport News home back in February. An Amber Alert was issued, and he was later found safe in Chesterfield County. Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 5:14 PM EDT July 16, 2021
Tykirah Reid was convicted Friday of abduction and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
3-month-old Jiraiya Cherry was taken from his Newport News home back in February. An Amber Alert was issued, and he was later found safe in Chesterfield County.
Reid admitted to creating a fake profile to get a job babysitting the little boy. Reid’s mother and sister had previously said the charges are a “misunderstanding.”
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Tykirah Reid, 20, is accused of abduction and other charges involving 3-month-old Jiraiya Cherry. It was her first day as the child s babysitter, family says. Author: Eugene Daniel (WVEC) Updated: 12:09 AM EST February 11, 2021
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. It s almost been a week since 3-month-old Jiraiya Cherry reunited with family in Newport News.
The child s disappearance on sparked a state-wide Amber Alert on Feb. 4. His babysitter, Tykirah Reid, 20, is charged with kidnapping and accused of taking the baby boy from his home.
Authorities captured Reid with the child more than an hour away in Chesterfield that night.
Tykirah Reid, 20, confessed she made a fake Facebook account before she was hired to babysit 3-month-old Jiraiya Cherry. She was arrested and charged with abduction in Newport News and Chesterfield County.
Babysitter Abducted Baby by Using Fake Facebook Profile, Court Records Show
On 2/9/21 at 5:32 AM EST
A woman police believe posed as a babysitter in a bid to abduct a 3-month-old baby boy from a Virginia home has confessed to orchestrating the crime through a fake Facebook profile, according to court records.
Tykirah Lashae Reid, 20, is accused of abducting Jiraiya Cherry from his Newport News family home on the morning of February 4. Family members reported him missing around 10:20 a.m.
The infant s uncle was at the family home in the 13000 block of Preakness Drive when the boy was abducted. He told police he was babysitting the infant and his 4-year-old niece when a woman hired by the baby s parents came to the house to assist him.
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Feb 09, 2021 10:54 AM EST
A baby sitter uses a bogus FaceBook profile to have access to babies and steal them. It is a good thing the child was recovered and unharmed.
One woman faked it as a babysitter to get access to a child kidnapped from his residence.
Bogus babysitter
According to police officials, one female posing as a baby sitter for hire took a 3-month-old baby boy from his Virginia residence. The criminal made a fake Facebook profile as a baby sitter, reported MSN.
The culprit, identified as Tykirah Lashae Reid, 20, is charged for Jiraiya Cherry s kidnapping. He was taken from his home in Newport News on February 4. When his family noticed him missing at 10:20 a.m., they called the police.