Child found safe after Amber Alert, grandmother arrested
WEST POINT, Miss. (WCBI) – The woman accused of taking a little girl in Clay County has made her initial court appearance.
Martha Ann Poss, 49, is charged with one count of Felony Grand Larceny and one count Felony Kidnapping.
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Martha Ann Poss
Bond is set at $100,000.
The child has since been found and is safe.
Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott says the incident started just before midnight, on Wednesday.
Scott says investigators believe Poss went to a home where Baylee Elizabeth Emison, 5, was living with her guardians.
Deputies were told Poss was armed with a box cutter and stole a 2012 Nissan Frontier pick-up.
WCBI has confirmed Poss is Emison’s grandmother, but does not have custody of the child.
Poss made her way to Oktibbeha County before being pulled over by a Clay County deputy in Clay County.
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