<TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=2 width=700 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=middle colSpan=2>[SIZE=+3]U.S. father arrested after two-year vacation here with his son[/SIZE]
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Agents arrested a U.S. man in Guadalupe Thursday on a charge of kidnapping his 5-year-old son. The man had been
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The man, David Albanese, is wanted by a court in New Bedford, Massachusetts, for the abduction. The child was about 3 years old at the time, said the police spokeswoman. According to police, Albanse asked the child's mother for permission to take the boy to Costa Rica for a month in August of 2006. The
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>agreement was that Albanese would return by September of 2006, but he did not, said the police spokesman. Albanese had a brother and a cousin in Costa Rica, said a spokeswoman from the International Police Agency. He spoke a little Spanish and worked at a sportsbook in Sabana Sur, she said.
</TD><TD vAlign=top width=350>Agents arrested Albanese as he was getting into a taxi with his Costa Rican girlfriend near his home in Alto de Gaudalupe, said a police spokeswoman. Albanese had made several recent trips to the beach with a woman companion, said a report from the security ministry.
Albanese lived in various houses while he was in Costa Rica, one in Bello Horizonte, Escazú, according to the police report. Officers from the International Police Agency and the Grupo de Apoyo Operativo of the Fuerza Pública participated in the arrest, according to police.
The child is now in the custody of the national children's institution. Officials from the institution are coordinating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to get the child back to the United States, said a spokesman.
Meanwhile at least two U.S. mothers accused of kidnapping their children are still awaiting extraction in prison. Nicole Kater, arrested in April 2008 and Chere Lyn Tomayko arrested in September 2007, are both in Buen Pastor prison, according to spokespersoins.. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Agents arrested a U.S. man in Guadalupe Thursday on a charge of kidnapping his 5-year-old son. The man had been
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David Albanese
</TD><TD vAlign=top width=220>living illegally in Costa Rica for at least two years, said a spokeswoman from the International Police Agency.
The man, David Albanese, is wanted by a court in New Bedford, Massachusetts, for the abduction. The child was about 3 years old at the time, said the police spokeswoman. According to police, Albanse asked the child's mother for permission to take the boy to Costa Rica for a month in August of 2006. The
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>agreement was that Albanese would return by September of 2006, but he did not, said the police spokesman. Albanese had a brother and a cousin in Costa Rica, said a spokeswoman from the International Police Agency. He spoke a little Spanish and worked at a sportsbook in Sabana Sur, she said.
</TD><TD vAlign=top width=350>Agents arrested Albanese as he was getting into a taxi with his Costa Rican girlfriend near his home in Alto de Gaudalupe, said a police spokeswoman. Albanese had made several recent trips to the beach with a woman companion, said a report from the security ministry.
Albanese lived in various houses while he was in Costa Rica, one in Bello Horizonte, Escazú, according to the police report. Officers from the International Police Agency and the Grupo de Apoyo Operativo of the Fuerza Pública participated in the arrest, according to police.
The child is now in the custody of the national children's institution. Officials from the institution are coordinating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to get the child back to the United States, said a spokesman.
Meanwhile at least two U.S. mothers accused of kidnapping their children are still awaiting extraction in prison. Nicole Kater, arrested in April 2008 and Chere Lyn Tomayko arrested in September 2007, are both in Buen Pastor prison, according to spokespersoins.. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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