Crime & Safety

Missing East End Toddler Found in New York

He was found with his father.

A toddler from the East End who was reported missing last week has been located with his father in Syracuse, NY, Pittsburgh police said today.

Raymont Pope, 1, is safe and unharmed, Lt. Dan Herrmann said in a statement.  His father, Radford Pope, is in a jail in Syracuse and will be extradited to Pittsburgh to face charges of kidnapping and interfering with custody, Herrmann said.

Police had been searching for Raymont since July 6, when relatives last saw him on Bennett Street in Homewood. Police said they believed the boy was with his father, who also uses the name Arthur Lee Pope Jr.

The elder Pope does not have custody of the boy and had taken him before, police said.

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