WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — An Amber Alert issued earlier Monday was canceled at about 10:15 Monday night and the suspect arrested after the three children reported missing were found save in El Dorado County, according to West Sacramento police.
Police are working to reunite the children with their mother. No other details were immediately available.
The three children were abducted in West Sacramento over the weekend by their father, who is estranged from the children's mother.
Dmitry Gerasimov was the man police had been looking for since Saturday when he allegedly beat up his wife and assaulted their 1-year-old son at their West Sacramento home in 600 block of Cummins at around 7 p.m. Saturday night.
"What had happened was, the husband struck the wife multiple times, and the 1-and-a-half-year-old was thrown across the room," said Lt. Tod Sockman of the West Sacramento Police Department.
Police say Gerasimov then took went to a grandparent's home and forcibly removed his three other children, 7-year-old son Vitaley, who suffers from severe autism, 4-year-old daughter Alisa, and 2-year-old son Valeriy.
On Monday police raised their concern and issued the Amber Alert after Gerasimov called his wife with a threat.
"Today the wife was contacted, by the husband saying if ‘you don't take me back, I plan on taking them with me on the plane and you will not see them again."
Neighbors who live across the street and next door told CBS13 they never saw any trouble coming from their house.
"We're shocked especially around this neighborhood we've never had this problem in the years that we've been living here," sayd Raymond Reyes, who has lived in the neighborhood for 28 years.
Police say Gerasimov has a history with drug problems and may be under the influence.
Alisa and Valeriy Gerasimov
