A man is facing criminal charges after police say he kidnapped his 5-year-old daughter after a domestic dispute in Manchester-by-the-Sea on Sunday afternoon.
Officers responding to a reported domestic dispute at a home on Summer Street around 1:30 p.m. learned that a man had fled the house with his daughter, according to Manchester-by-the-Sea Police Chief Todd Fitzgerald.
A State Police K-9 tracked the suspect behind Manchester-Essex Regional High School and into a nearby cemetery.
He was found hiding in leaves behind a tombstone with the child.
The man, whose name has not been released, was arrested on charges of domestic assault and battery, assault and battery on a child under 14, reckless endangerment of a child, carrying a dangerous weapon, parental kidnapping, and possessing Class B and Class E drugs.
Once he’s released from the hospital, he will be arraigned Monday in Salem District Court.
In a statement, Fitzgerald said, “There is no threat to the public at this time, and we are relieved that the child was safely located and reunited with her mother,” said Chief Fitzgerald.
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