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A 36-year-old woman from Arkansas was arrested in California over the weekend after she was allegedly caught with eight kidnapped children, all of whom were eventually safely recovered by authorities. Trista Dawn Fullerton, the biological mother of the eight kids, was taken into custody on Saturday and held as a fugitive from justice for unlawfully abducting the children and driving them more than halfway across the country, police announced.
Woman's 'bizarre behavior' leads police to 8 kids she allegedly abducted 1,700 miles away
Trista Dawn Fullerton was arrested in California after abducting eight children from Arkansas and driving them more than halfway across the country.lawandcrime.com
According to a news release from the Anderson Police Department in California, a concerned citizen at about 12:30 a.m. on Oct. 21 contacted the Shasta Area Safety Communications Agency and requested a welfare check on a group of six children seen in the care of a woman the caller said was “displaying bizarre behavior” in the parking lot outside of a Mexican restaurant.
APD Recovers Eight Abducted Children from Arkansas
On Saturday, October 21, 2023, at about 12:30 AM, a concerned citizen contacted SHASCOM Dispatch requesting a welfare check on a group of six children and the woman they were with, due to the woman displaying bizarre behavior.
APD Officers responded to the location and located the woman and children in the parking lot and found them to be associated with an Arkansas plated Dodge pickup.
Officers contacted the woman and identified her as Trista Fullerton, age 36, of Rogers, Arkansas. A records check revealed Trista to have a felony warrant for her arrest for the abduction of eight children.
Officers arrested Fullerton on her arrest warrant and interviewed her regarding the location of the other two abducted children. Officers learned that the children were located at a residence in the Cottonwood area, and requested the assistance of the Shasta County Sheriff's Office in locating them.
Deputies from the Sheriff’s Office successfully located the children and transported them to our officers to coordinate with Shasta County Children and Family Services.
A records check on the eight children revealed them to all be listed as abducted with protective custody warrants issued for their safety.
Officers learned that Fullerton was the biological mother of all of the children, however had lost her custodial rights and had abducted the children from their foster placements.
Fullerton was transported and booked into the Shasta County Jail on her Arkansas arrest warrant. The children were released to Shasta County Children and Family Services for reunification with their guardians in Arkansas.
The Anderson Police Department would like to thank the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance in this case, and thank the alert citizen who reported the incident.
