Mother and Child Reunion in Woodland, California

By Bill Lindelof
The Yolo County District Attorney has announced that his office has reunited a mother with her 6-year-old son, whose father had refused to allow him return to Woodland, authorities said.
District Attorney Jeff Reisig said the child visited his father, Rene Vidales, in San Bernardino County last summer and did not return from that trip.
The boy's mother, Angela Vidales of Woodland, had telephone conversations with the boy during the past few months, but Rene Vidales refused to return the boy, district attorney's officials said.
Superior Court Referee David Reed on March 18 ordered that the mother be given sole physical custody of the boy. Reed signed a protective custody warrant for the return of the child.
"The reunification of mother and child was very rewarding," said Angela Smith, and enforcement officer with the Yolo County DA's office. Smith and investigator Virginia Stroski recovered the boy from a school in San Bernardino County.

'Bonnie & Clyde' Duo Robbed To feed Drug Habit

Cops: 'Bonnie & Clyde' Robbers Had $1K a Day Drug Habit

CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) -- Police say a couple suspected in what are known as the "Bonnie & Clyde'' robberies in north Jersey needed money to fuel a $1,000-a-day heroin habit. Maria Cruz and Leone Rene are suspected of robbing nearly ten stores in Passaic and Bergen counties in the past month. They're charged with two counts of robbery and one count of weapons possession.
During one robbery at Kathy's Grocery on Ackerman Ave. in Clifton, the pair pistol-whipped a store clerk, police said.
Levin and Cruz were arrested Sunday driving an SUV, and had in their possession a handgun, ski masks, and stolen lottery tickets, police said.The pair confessed to robbing two bodegas in Clifton, two in Paterson, one in Woodland Park and two more in Garfield, police said. Charges are pending in the other towns. Their arrests came after a Clifton police officer on his way to work followed a vehicle matching the description of one wanted in earlier robberies.