GREAT FALLS — Two women charged in connection to an Amber Alert issued for two children on Monday have made their initial court appearance in Cascade County court.
The Great Falls Tribune reports that 33-year-old Maria Sandoval appeared Tuesday on a $20,000 arrest warrant issued by Yellowstone County for custodial interference. She is accused of abducting her children, 2-year-old Gabriella Stratton and 4-month-old Abbigail Stratton, from a supervised visit in Billings.
Sandoval will be transferred to Yellowstone County to face the charge.
Felicia Henderson is charged with accountability to custodial interference in Yellowstone County. A Cascade County judge signed her $20,000 arrest warrant.
Sandoval and her husband Donald Stratton were arrested Monday with their children in Great Falls. Police say the children were in state custody because of their parents’ drug use.