Alamosa, CO – On February 9, 2023 at approximately 1249 hours, the Alamosa Police Department was dispatched to Wal-Mart in regards to an attempted kidnapping in progress.
Upon officers’ arrival, it was discovered that a female party grabbed a young child from a shopping cart and attempted to kidnap the child. Due to the quick actions of citizens within the store at the time of the incident, they were able to restrain the suspect until law enforcement arrived and reunited the young child back safely to parents. The suspect who was identified as Kimberli Jones, 50 year old female from Blanca, CO. was transported to the Alamosa County Detention Center for the following charges: kidnapping a F-3, felony menacing a F-5, child abuse a F-5 and disorderly conduct which is a M-3.
This was an isolated incident and there is no threat to the community at this time.
The Alamosa Police Department would like to thank the brave citizens, Wal-Mart staff, and community for the quick response and for being alert.