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Woman charged with custody interference after bringing daughter to Lancaster from Florida

Speaking only to WGAL, Lisa Santiago called what happened a big misunderstanding

Woman charged with custody interference after bringing daughter to Lancaster from Florida

Speaking only to WGAL, Lisa Santiago called what happened a big misunderstanding

SHE HAD TO SAY. >> A MOTHER OF FOUR. >> THIS IS RIDICULOUS. >> H ER GAVE UP THE RIGHT TO HER FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WHEN SHE WAS SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR A PAROLE VIOLATION CONNECTED TO AN ASSAULT THAT HAPPENED DURING ANOTHER CUSTODY BATTLE. LISA SANTIAGO SHOWED US THE COURT DOCUMENT. >> I REQUESTED THAT SHE WOULD GO TO HER FATHER BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT HAVE ANYONE ELSE TO GO TO. >> SHE MET WITH IS OUTSIDE THE POLICE STATION. SHE SAYS SHE TOOK HER DAUGHTER FROM PORT ORANGE TO LANCASTER MONDAY. >> I DECIDED THAT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MY CHILD I NEEDED TO PUT HER IN SCHOOL. >> THEY ARE SAYING I DO NOT CARE WHAT THE CUSTODY ORDER SAYS. >> SAN DIEGO HAD HER FIRST COURT APPEARANCE FROM HERE AT THE POLICE STATION OVER VIDEO WITH THE JUDGE I WAS ABLE TO SIT IN. THAT IS WHERE SHE DECIDED TO WAIVE HER NEXT COURT HEARING AND TOLD THE JUDGE THE SAME THING SHE TOLD US. >> I’M GOING BACK TO FLORIDA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO GET THIS RESULT. I WANT MY CHILD BACK.
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Woman charged with custody interference after bringing daughter to Lancaster from Florida

Speaking only to WGAL, Lisa Santiago called what happened a big misunderstanding

A woman wanted for taking her daughter from Florida has turned herself in to police in Lancaster.The girl, who was reported missing in Florida, is safe and in the custody of the Lancaster County Children and Youth Social Service Agency, authorities said. Lisa Santiago, the girl's mother, spoke only to WGAL Wednesday morning and called what happened a big misunderstanding.Santiago showed WGAL a court order she said she sought in September to have the 5-year-old placed in the temporary custody of her biological father while Santiago served a jail sentence for a parole violation.When Santiago got out of prison, she thought the order no longer applied, she said. She picked up her daughter Monday night in Port Orange, then brought her to Lancaster, where Santiago has been living for about a month.Santiago said she didn't know anything was wrong until she saw news stories Tuesday about police looking for her. She went to Lancaster police Wednesday morning."I decided that, in the best interest of my child, I needed to pick her up and put her in school, and that's exactly what I did. And my face is all over the news. I'm possibly going to lose my job over this. I mean, she doesn't want to go, but she has no choice," Santiago said.Santiago is in Lancaster County Prison. She's charged in Florida with interference with child custody, which is a felony. Police from Florida will come and pick up her up, authorities said.

A woman wanted for taking her daughter from Florida has turned herself in to police in Lancaster.

The girl, who was reported missing in Florida, is safe and in the custody of the Lancaster County Children and Youth Social Service Agency, authorities said.

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Lisa Santiago, the girl's mother, spoke only to WGAL Wednesday morning and called what happened a big misunderstanding.

Santiago showed WGAL a court order she said she sought in September to have the 5-year-old placed in the temporary custody of her biological father while Santiago served a jail sentence for a parole violation.

When Santiago got out of prison, she thought the order no longer applied, she said. She picked up her daughter Monday night in Port Orange, then brought her to Lancaster, where Santiago has been living for about a month.

Santiago said she didn't know anything was wrong until she saw news stories Tuesday about police looking for her. She went to Lancaster police Wednesday morning.

"I decided that, in the best interest of my child, I needed to pick her up and put her in school, and that's exactly what I did. And my face is all over the news. I'm possibly going to lose my job over this. I mean, she doesn't want to go, but she has no choice," Santiago said.

Santiago is in Lancaster County Prison. She's charged in Florida with interference with child custody, which is a felony. Police from Florida will come and pick up her up, authorities said.