July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Boy back home quickly (9/3/04)
Man, mom arrested in abduction case
A Hardinsburg man, who allegedly abducted his son on Thursday, aided with the boy’s quick return by attempting to contact the child’s mother to tell her he was taking the boy to Kentucky.
Within 64 minutes of his abduction, Harrison W. Lovely, 9, Portland, was back in the hands of law enforcement and was soon after returned safely to his mother, Mary T. Sullivan. She overheard Lovely say where he was taking the boy, contacted her son’s school, then dialed 911.
Portland police investigator Todd Wickey also credits cooperation between Portland, Jay County and Randolph County police for the swift return of the Portland boy and the arrest of his father and paternal grandmother.
Lovely was returned to his mother at 11:30 a.m. Thursday by Portland police. He was allegedly taken from his school at 8:50 a.m. by his grandmother, whom police said lied to school officials about her identity and said she was taking him to a dentist appointment.
“(School officials) did what they thought was right,” said Wickey. “They were deceived.”
The boy is a second grader at General Shanks Elementary School in Portland.
General Shanks principal Mike Eads and Jay Schools superintendent Barbara Downing were unavailable for comment this morning.
The boy’s father, Harrison R. Lovely, 28, Hardinsburg, and his grandmother, Earline R. Lovely, 61, West Liberty, Ky., were arrested by Portland police for criminal confinement, a class D felony.
A protective order, preventing the father from having any contact with his son or Sullivan, was issued this year in Orange County, soon after he allegedly battered Sullivan.
Harrison Lovely also was arrested for invasion of privacy, a class A misdemeanor, for allegedly violating the protective order.
Wickey said he was notified of the situation at 9:36 a.m. He went to the school and later informed Portland Police Chief Bob Sours that he would be filing an Amber Alert. Before he could get the paperwork completed for the alert, he received word the Lovelys had been stopped in Randolph County.
Randolph County police stopped the Lovelys’ vehicle at 9:54 a.m. on U.S. 27, just south of Winchester, after Jay County police gave Randolph County officers a description of the vehicle and its occupants.
Lovely currently has a case of domestic battery causing serious bodily injury, a class D felony, pending in Orange County. Orange County Chief Deputy Richard Dixon said today that case stems from Lovely’s alleged battery of Sullivan.
It was “one of the more brutal domestic battery cases I’d seen,” Dixon said. He added Sullivan’s body was covered with bruises, and she also suffered a broken bone and stab wounds.
That incident occurred in May or June of this year, and the protective order was issued shortly after. Dixon said Sullivan moved to Portland to get away from Lovely.
Once Lovely bonds out of the Jay County Jail, Orange County police will transport him to the Orange County Jail. Orange County police said a warrant to revoke Lovely’s $4,500 bond on the battery charge will be issued today through Orange County Superior Court.
Police said the grandmother allegedly went into the school at about 8:50 a.m. and said she needed to take the boy to a dentist appointment. The principal asked the grandmother what side of the family she was on, and she said she was the mother of the child’s mother, police said. Wickey said the school had on record that the child could not be released to his father, but had no information that he couldn’t be released to his grandmother. Meanwhile, the father was believed to be waiting outside in a 1999 Buick Century.
Wickey said the father knew where his son was because the boy’s former school in Kentucky told him the boy had been transferred to General Shanks.
After leaving the school, the three allegedly went to a residence in Portland where the father believed Sullivan, his former girlfriend, was living. Lovely went to the door and asked Steve Wilhelm, a relative of the Lovelys, if he could speak with Sullivan. He said he needed some of the child’s school clothes and, “I’m taking (the boy) to Kentucky.”
Sullivan later told police she was at the residence, but refused to speak to him.
When Sullivan heard what Lovely said, she contacted the school. After she discovered the child had been released to his grandmother, she contacted Jay County police.
Wickey questioned the father and grandmother in Randolph County, arrested them, then returned the child to his mother.
Lovely told Wickey he was planning to take the boy to Kentucky so he could file for custody.
Earline Lovely was released from the Jay County Jail Thursday afternoon on a $3,000 bond. Harrison Lovely was being held in the jail this morning on a $4,500 bond.[[In-content Ad]]
Within 64 minutes of his abduction, Harrison W. Lovely, 9, Portland, was back in the hands of law enforcement and was soon after returned safely to his mother, Mary T. Sullivan. She overheard Lovely say where he was taking the boy, contacted her son’s school, then dialed 911.
Portland police investigator Todd Wickey also credits cooperation between Portland, Jay County and Randolph County police for the swift return of the Portland boy and the arrest of his father and paternal grandmother.
Lovely was returned to his mother at 11:30 a.m. Thursday by Portland police. He was allegedly taken from his school at 8:50 a.m. by his grandmother, whom police said lied to school officials about her identity and said she was taking him to a dentist appointment.
“(School officials) did what they thought was right,” said Wickey. “They were deceived.”
The boy is a second grader at General Shanks Elementary School in Portland.
General Shanks principal Mike Eads and Jay Schools superintendent Barbara Downing were unavailable for comment this morning.
The boy’s father, Harrison R. Lovely, 28, Hardinsburg, and his grandmother, Earline R. Lovely, 61, West Liberty, Ky., were arrested by Portland police for criminal confinement, a class D felony.
A protective order, preventing the father from having any contact with his son or Sullivan, was issued this year in Orange County, soon after he allegedly battered Sullivan.
Harrison Lovely also was arrested for invasion of privacy, a class A misdemeanor, for allegedly violating the protective order.
Wickey said he was notified of the situation at 9:36 a.m. He went to the school and later informed Portland Police Chief Bob Sours that he would be filing an Amber Alert. Before he could get the paperwork completed for the alert, he received word the Lovelys had been stopped in Randolph County.
Randolph County police stopped the Lovelys’ vehicle at 9:54 a.m. on U.S. 27, just south of Winchester, after Jay County police gave Randolph County officers a description of the vehicle and its occupants.
Lovely currently has a case of domestic battery causing serious bodily injury, a class D felony, pending in Orange County. Orange County Chief Deputy Richard Dixon said today that case stems from Lovely’s alleged battery of Sullivan.
It was “one of the more brutal domestic battery cases I’d seen,” Dixon said. He added Sullivan’s body was covered with bruises, and she also suffered a broken bone and stab wounds.
That incident occurred in May or June of this year, and the protective order was issued shortly after. Dixon said Sullivan moved to Portland to get away from Lovely.
Once Lovely bonds out of the Jay County Jail, Orange County police will transport him to the Orange County Jail. Orange County police said a warrant to revoke Lovely’s $4,500 bond on the battery charge will be issued today through Orange County Superior Court.
Police said the grandmother allegedly went into the school at about 8:50 a.m. and said she needed to take the boy to a dentist appointment. The principal asked the grandmother what side of the family she was on, and she said she was the mother of the child’s mother, police said. Wickey said the school had on record that the child could not be released to his father, but had no information that he couldn’t be released to his grandmother. Meanwhile, the father was believed to be waiting outside in a 1999 Buick Century.
Wickey said the father knew where his son was because the boy’s former school in Kentucky told him the boy had been transferred to General Shanks.
After leaving the school, the three allegedly went to a residence in Portland where the father believed Sullivan, his former girlfriend, was living. Lovely went to the door and asked Steve Wilhelm, a relative of the Lovelys, if he could speak with Sullivan. He said he needed some of the child’s school clothes and, “I’m taking (the boy) to Kentucky.”
Sullivan later told police she was at the residence, but refused to speak to him.
When Sullivan heard what Lovely said, she contacted the school. After she discovered the child had been released to his grandmother, she contacted Jay County police.
Wickey questioned the father and grandmother in Randolph County, arrested them, then returned the child to his mother.
Lovely told Wickey he was planning to take the boy to Kentucky so he could file for custody.
Earline Lovely was released from the Jay County Jail Thursday afternoon on a $3,000 bond. Harrison Lovely was being held in the jail this morning on a $4,500 bond.[[In-content Ad]]
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