Police Charge Woman With Abduction Of Child At Tysons Corner Center

TYSONS, VA — Officers from the Fairfax County Police Department's Tysons Urban Team arrested a 33-year-old woman in connection with the abduction of a 3-year-old child at Tyson Corner Center.

Last Thursday evening, shortly before 6 p.m., Tysons Urban Team officers learned about a child missing from the outdoor play area in the 1900 block of Chain Bridge Road near Tysons Corner Center. The officers used mall security cameras to identify Jane Pyo of Washington, D.C., as being possibly being involved, police said.

In the security video, Pyo could be seen walking toward Tysons Corner Center, speaking with the child, taking the child’s hand and walking into the mall, police said.

Pyo was then seen on video picking up the child up and going down an escalator with the child in her arms, according to police. Tysons Urban Team officers and Tysons Corner Center security officers found Pyo with the child inside the Coastal Flats Restaurant.

According to police, Pyo assaulted officers when they approached her but were able to take her into custody. The child was uninjured and returned to the family, police said.

Pyo was charged with abduction, possession of burglarious tools, assault on law enforcement, trespassing, and served an outstanding warrant for failure to appear, according to police. She was held without bond in the Fairfax County adult detention center.