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Avondale Police Honor Movers and Store Guard Who Helped Recover Missing Toddler

The 23-year-old suspect remains jailed on a custodial-interference charge with $250,000 bond after tips at a Phoenix QuikTrip led officers to safely reunite Kehlani Rogers with her parents.

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Avondale Police Department.
Movers in Arizona helped police rescue a missing 3‑year‑old after spotting an AMBER Alert suspect and blocking her vehicle until officers arrived.
A moving company’s employees who had stopped for a snack at a convenience store used their trucks to block the car of a woman suspected of abducting a 2-year-old girl until police arrived.

Overview

  • Avondale police on Feb. 26 said they would recognize nine community members, including a QuikTrip security guard and Camelback Moving employees, for aiding the recovery.
  • An Amber Alert was issued Feb. 21 after 2-year-old Kehlani Rogers was reported missing from her Avondale home.
  • The next morning, a security guard spotted the pair at a Phoenix QuikTrip, and movers used trucks to block the suspect’s vehicle as a citizen tip brought police to the scene.
  • Kehlani was found safe and in good health on Feb. 22 and was reunited with her parents; officers arrested the suspect without incident.
  • Marina Noriega, 23, was booked on a class 3 felony custodial-interference charge with bond set at $250,000; prosecutors said she admitted recent meth use after a glass pipe was found and she initially claimed to be the child’s mother before recanting.