MAN CHARGED AFTER TAKING KIDS

A 34-year-old Kennett man has been charged with tampering in the first degree and felony restraint after an early Monday incident.

The Dunklin County Sheriff's office received a call at 1 a.m. of a man kidnapping his two children from his ex-wife's Frisbee community residence. The man took the children, ages 3 and 6, from their home and assaulted his ex-wife in the process.

The man drove to the Senath City Hall and requested an ambulance because he felt the children were ill. Two emergency medical technicians from the Twin Rivers Hospital responded and were treating the children when their father got into the ambulance and drove off with one of the technicians inside.

The man stopped the ambulance and surrendered without incident after a short pursuit by authorities. The children and technician were not injured.

The man was taken to the Dunklin County jail.