PERRY COUNTY, Ohio — Two Perry County children who were the subject of an AMBER Alert Friday morning were found safe, authorities said.
The Perry County Sheriff's Office received a call at 1:53 a.m. that 29-year-old Nicholas Hill had taken his two children, 6-year-old Hendrix Hill and 4-year-old Everly Hill, from a home on North Main Street in the Village of Thornville.
The sheriff's office said Nicholas had also taken a firearm and threatened to harm himself.
Deputies from the Perry County Sheriff's Office and Licking County Sheriff's Office arrived at the home and an AMBER Alert was issued at 4:35 a.m.
The Perry County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Nicholas was in Newark after he contacted the office at 5:09 a.m.
Licking County deputies arrived in Newark and found that Nicholas and the children were not harmed. The children returned to their mother.
Nicholas was taken into custody. Formal charges connected to the incident are pending.
"The Perry County Sheriff's Office would like to thank The Licking County Sheriff's Office, The Thornville Police Department, The Ohio State Highway Patrol, Verizon Wireless, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI) and The Ohio Attorney General's Office Child Abduction Response Team for their assistance in bringing this situation to a safe conclusion," Perry County Sheriff William Barker said.
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