Waterloo man charged with kidnapping after Amber Alert issued for missing Kitchener teen
The alert was issued Monday around 7:20 p.m. and ended around 8 p.m.
A 36-year old man from Waterloo has been charged after a teen went missing from her home in Kitchener.
The Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) has charged the man with kidnapping while using a firearm and break and enter a dwelling-house with intent to commit an indictable offence.
Police confirmed the man and girl know each other.
WRPS say the teen was taken on Monday from her Kitchener home in the area of Strasburg Road and Rush Meadow Street. In an effort to find the girl, police issued an Amber Alert around 7:20 p.m.
Speaking to CBC News, Waterloo Regional Police said the girl's family had returned home on Monday and found it was broken into. That's when they realized their daughter was missing, the force's director of public affairs Cherri Greeno said, adding the girl's personal belongings were left behind.
Ontario Provincial Police located the girl in Simcoe County around 8 p.m. the same day with a male suspect.
The investigation is ongoing and police say additional charges are anticipated.
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