ROCK HILL, S.C. (CN2 NEWS) – Rock Hill Police say they have charged 38-year-old Jovan Orlando Bradshaw of Charlotte, North Carolina for illegally taking two children in violation of a custody agreement.
Police say Bradshaw took a child from a Rock Hill elementary school on Monday, December 19 and was later located traveling near Hillsborough, in North Carolina, on I-85.
During the traffic stop the North Carolina State Highway Patrol found the child safely in the car. Officers also tell us a second child was in the car and later learned that child had been taken earlier this year, on May 23, from a local elementary school by Bradshaw and had not been reported.
Rock Hill Police say the second child had been in the illegal custody of Bradshaw for the last six months.
Bradshaw was taken into custody and is facing two Custodial Interference charges.
Police say both children were placed in the care of the Orange County Child Protective Services to be reunited with a parent.
Official Releases:
UPDATE: 9:00 pm – December 19: The Rock Hill Police Department Criminal Investigations Division continued the investigation regarding the Custodial Interference incident from December 19, 2022.
It was discovered that Jovan Orlando Bradshaw engaged in a similar incident regarding the second child located by North Carolina Highway Patrol during the earlier traffic stop. This incident occurred on May 23, 2022 but was not reported to Rock Hill Police at the time. Bradshaw took custody of this child from an elementary school in Rock Hill without the legal custody rights to do so. The child was in the illegal custody of Bradshaw for the last six months.
Bradshaw, 38 of Charlotte NC, was issued an additional warrant for Custodial Interference for the second child.
Bradshaw is now facing two Custodial Interference charges.
Both children are placed in the care of the Orange County Child Protective Services to be reunited with a parent.
On December 19, 2022, at 10:18 a.m., Rock Hill Police responded to a local elementary school for a Custodial Interference incident.
Officers arrived at the school finding Jovan Orlando Bradshaw went to the school and took custody of a minor child in violation of a custody agreement.
Jovan Bradshaw then left the state and traveled into North Carolina with the minor child. At 1:13 p.m., North Carolina Highway Patrol located Bradshaw’s vehicle traveling on I-85 near Hillsborough, North Carolina. A traffic stop was conducted, and the minor child was located safe in the vehicle.
Bradshaw, 38 of Charlotte NC, was taken into custody for charges issued by the Rock Hill Police Department for Custodial Interference.
The child was placed in the care of the Orange County Child Protective Services to be reunited with a parent.
