A 61-year-old man from The Dalles is in jail and faces charges of custodial interference.
According to the Oregon State Police, a woman came to the OSP patrol office in The Dalles Wednesday afternoon to report her four children failed to show up for school. She told the OSP that the children – ranging in ages from 4-9 – were staying with their uncle, who was supposed to take them to school, but failed to do so.
Troopers began working with the Northern Command Center who was able to locate the suspect, identified as Donald D. Clark, in Goldendale via cell-phone ping. The OSP contacted the Goldendale Police Department and requested they attempt to locate Clark and the children.
At approximately 5:03 p.m., Goldendale PD advised OSP they had located CLARK and the four children unharmed. Clark was taken into custody on an Oregon warrant for custodial interference. He was lodged at the Klickitat county jail. The children were reunited with their mother shortly thereafter.
