Girls, 10 and 12, arrested for kidnapping baby

US DETECTIVES have arrested a 12-year-old girl and her 10-year-old sister for allegedly abducting their neighbour’s one-year-old son and demanding $200,000 (€147,000) for his return.

Brandon Wells was safe back at home in Enid, Oklahoma, hours after the two children broke into his family’s residence and took him while his mother, Sheila Wells, slept, police said.

“I’ve been doing this for 18 years, and this is the first time I know of when a 10 and a 12-year-old kidnapped a one-year-old,” police Capt Dean Grassino said. “It definitely ranks up there with the unusual crimes.”