Child custody dispute with attempted vehicle departure, Mattoon IL


A child custody dispute escalated as the child's father refused to allow the mother to have the child. They attempted to leave in a white vehicle near South 17th St in Mattoon, Illinois. Police arrived and stopped the vehicle as the situation unfolded.
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Transcript:
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Mattingly respond to 17th and Marion, 17th and Marion,
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custody issue that's getting out of hand, the child's father is refusing to let her have them, and now they're attempting to leave in a car, it's a white transient, I'm attempting to gather further.
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121, 166, 1069.
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166. 16.
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66. Take Antoine.
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Go ahead.
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It's approaching 17th.
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I'm in front of it now.
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I'm going to stop it.
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I believe that we have a reasonable decision.
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Seabor. Seaccom.
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21. 106.9.
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10.4.
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We had 17th to Marshal.
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28 when ready.
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Go ahead. Edward Cesar, (number withheld).
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EZ (number withheld). The more that comes back, suspended mandatory insurance violation of George Kahn, Potaflora.
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103, 121.21.
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Two-four.
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The caller area?
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Ten-four.
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The caller's in a gray, cheap liberty.
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She's standing by parked near South 17, and she didn't know the address.
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Do is from 103.
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I'm going to have a relocate behind two link 18 so we can free the roadway up.
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Location mentioned:
Near S 17th St, Mattoon, IL 61938
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