Man suspected in abduction of boy, 2, in Frankford surrenders to police

A 24-year-old man suspected in the abduction of his ex-girlfriend's 2-year-old son in Frankford surrendered himself to Special Victims investigators Tuesday afternoon, police said.

Jared Montgomery faces charges of kidnapping, unlawful restraint, and endangering the welfare of a child, said Capt. Sekou Kinebrew, a police spokesman.

The boy, the subject of an early-morning missing-child alert, was found physically unharmed at Jefferson Frankford Hospital. Montgomery had left him there, police said.

The boy was with his mother about 9:40 p.m. Monday at a bus stop on the 4900 block of Frankford Avenue when Montgomery approached and got into a heated argument with the 21-year-old woman, authorities said. The nature of the dispute was not disclosed.

Montgomery, who is not the boy's father, then grabbed the child and ran off with the mother in pursuit, police said. But she could not catch up and he got away.

Police began searching the area and went to Montgomery's last known address, on the 1300 block of Pratt Street in Frankford, but did not find him or the boy.

Police in the meantime issued an alert saying the boy was considered to be "at special risk of harm or injury."

Kinebrew said investigators were able to make contact with Montgomery and after several hours of back-and-forth, he released the child at the hospital around 6:30 a.m.

Anyone with further information on the case can call the Philadelphia Police Department's Special Victims Unit at 215-685-3251.

Staff writer Michael Boren contributed to this article.