CBP Officers at Presidio Port of Entry Nab Pair Wanted for Child Abduction in Colorado

Monday, December 03, 2007

Presidio, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials working at the Presidio port of entry on Saturday apprehended a grandmother and her daughter who were wanted in Colorado on child abduction charges. The women were transferred to the Presidio County Jail by the Presidio police department to await extradition after they were nabbed by CBP.

The apprehension was made Saturday afternoon when a 28-year-old woman entered the port of entry with her two children, an 8-year-old daughter and a 6-year-old son. CBP officers queried the woman’s name and learned that she was wanted for child abduction in Montezuma County in southwestern Colorado. The woman was taken into custody. She is identified as Shanna Francine Lawrence of Dolores, Colorado.

CBP officers also apprehended 60-year-old Pamela Hughey Lawrence, the mother of the 28-year-old suspect and grandmother of the two children. A computer check by CBP officers determined that she was being sought in connection with the abduction of the children in August of this year. She was taken into custody.