Cops: Long Island Woman Kidnapped by Her Child's Father, Grandmother

A woman and her 11-month-old son survived a terrifying kidnapping by the child’s father and grandmother in Rockville Centre, according to Nassau County Police.

Malachi Blaylock, 20, and his mother, Yolanda Gilreath, 51, both of Rockville Centre, face a battery of charges after luring the victims to their home and holding them captive for five days, cops said.

At 1 p.m. July 20, the 20-year-old victim brought her son to visit his grandmother, Gilreath, of 11 Old Mill Court, police said.

When they arrived at the home, Blaylock met them at the door, cops said. The victim has an order of protection against him, authorities said.

Blaylock grabbed his son and told the victim to get into bedroom, where he pushed her to the ground, beat her, and told her she was trapped, officials said.

The victim was held against her will inside the apartment over the next five days while enduring multiple beatings, cops said. She was also stabbed in the hand with a pair of scissors and threatened with a gun, police said.

On July 22, Gilreath and Blaylock brought the victim and her son to another house in Hempstead, officials said. The victim was kept against her will despite many attempts to escape, police said. She was finally able to call her mother for help when Blaylock left the apartment at 10 p.m. on Friday, cops said. Her mother rescued her and brought her to a nearby hospital, authorities said.

Police found Blaylock in Hempstead at 9:40 p.m. Monday and took him into custody, cops said. Gilreath was arrested at 11 p.m. Monday in Rockville Centre, officials said.

Blaylock is charged with first-degree kidnapping, second-degree robbery, two counts of second-degree assault, second-degree strangulation, first-degree unlawful imprisonment, first-degree criminal contempt, third-degree assault, second-degree menacing, fourth-degree criminal mischief, endangering the welfare of a child, and second-degree criminal contempt.

Gilreath was charged with first-degree kidnapping, first-degree hindering prosecution, first-degree unlawful imprisonment, and endangering the welfare of a child.

The mother and son will be arraigned Tuesday at First District Court in Hempstead.

Image: Malachi Blaylock (left) and Yolanda Gilreath. Credit: NCPD