Suspect To Be Charged In Abduction Of Massachusetts Boy, 3, Found At Hotel In CT: Police

CHICOPEE, MA — The suspect accused of abducting a three-year-old Massachusetts boy, who was inside a car that was stolen on Friday morning and then found at a hotel in Windsor, CT, has been apprehended, state police said.

The suspect, identified as Vadim Vorobyov, 52, of Springfield, MA, will be charged with kidnapping, child endangerment, and as a fugitive from justice in Connecticut, according to police.

He is also expected to be charged with kidnapping, child endangerment, and motor vehicle larceny in Massachusetts, police said.

It was not immediately clear if Vorobyov has legal representation.

In a news release, Massachusetts state police officials said, "We are grateful to the many members of the public and media outlets who quickly shared information about the AMBER Alert."

came across the Toyota Camry as it was parked outside a home

on Exchange Street in Chicopee,

running and the child,

The Camry was captured on a license plate reader heading south toward Route 91 in Longmeadow, and subsequent information, with the cooperation of Toyota, led to the recovery of the car, which was parked and unoccupied, in a shopping plaza parking lot on Kennedy Road in Windsor, police said.

The car’s location was pinpointed at around 10:30 a.m., and officers from Windsor and Chicopee, as well as Connecticut and Massachusetts state troopers, converged on the lot and began searching for the child and the suspect, according to police.

A short time later, an employee from the Rodeway Inn and Suites on Bridge Street in East Windsor, Conn., contacted police to report that a child had been left on their property, police said, adding, that subsequent information indicates that Vorobyov dropped the child off in the parking lot outside the hotel and drove away.

Authorities rushed to the hotel shortly after 10:30 a.m. and found the child safe and "apparently unharmed" and he was taken to a Massachusetts hospital for a precautionary examination, police said.

A search of the shopping plaza found Vorobyov at Anytime Fitness, one of the businesses in the plaza, at around 10:40 a.m., took him into custody, and he was taken to Connecticut State Police Troop H for booking, according to police.

The AMBER Alert that was issued was deactivated once he was captured, police said.