Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey and Acting Perth Amboy police Chief Roman McKeon said authorities are searching for 41-year-old Frank John, of Woodbridge, who has been charged with kidnapping and theft of a motor vehicle but remains at large.
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During the investigation, it was determined that John picked up a 9-year-old boy and his 8-year-old sister in Perth Amboy around 4 p.m. to take them out for food.
When the children failed to return home, police were contacted. But the children were eventually brought safely home sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. Saturday.
John fled the scene, and police since have been searching for him.
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John who also goes by the alias Frank Jace, is 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds. He has brown eyes and black hair.
The vehicle he borrowed and failed to return is a silver Toyota Highlander with a New Jersey license plate J80-GVE.
The investigation is active and is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Mohammed of the Perth Amboy Police Department at (723) 442-4400, or Detective Ayala of the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office at (732) 745-3600.