A Cincinnati woman who police say kidnapped her son at gunpoint on Thursday was arrested Friday in Tennessee.

Kimberly Brown

Anthony M. Brown

        Kimberly Brown was arrested one day after a Caryville, Tenn., officer stopped and cited her for having an expired license plate and for not having her son, Anthony M. Brown, in a seatbelt.

        Cincinnati Police said Friday that Ms. Brown, 42, was taken into custody without incident and that her son was uninjured.

        “He is in good condition,” said Lt. Kim Frey, commander of Cincinnati's personal crimes unit. “(Of ficers) went out and got him chicken nuggets.”

        Blount County Sheriff's officers arrested Ms. Brown when they responded to a disturbance at a local apartment, about 50 miles from where she had been cited the day before.

        Lt. Frey said that Ms. Brown was part of that disturbance. She said that Anthony was playing outside with other children when the kids got into an argument. That escalated when the mother of one of the children intervened.

        “Ms. Brown came out and had words with the mother of another child,” Lt. Frey said.

        When he arrived at the apartment, Officer Hank Vaugn recognized Ms. Brown from wanted notices. She had apparently been staying with a friend, who police say was unaware of the alleged kidnapping.

        Ms. Brown, who on Monday permanently lost visitation rights with her 6-year-old son, allegedly took him from a foster parent at gunpoint in front of his Clifton elementary school.

        Ms. Brown previously threatened the foster mother numerous times, as recently as Monday night, police said. They said those threats culminated in Ms. Brown pointing a gun at the foster mother, grabbing Anthony and speeding off from Clifton Primary School on Thursday morning.

        Police said Ms. Brown suffers from manic depression and has a history of drug abuse that led to her losing custody. She has been arrested on charges of kidnapping and felonious assault and will be arraigned in Blount County on Tuesday.

        The gun she allegedly used has not been located.

        Anthony will be placed in the care of local child welfare officials until his return to Cincinnati through Hamilton County's Department of Human Services. His foster mother was notified that Anthony is OK and that Ms. Brown was in custody.

        “We are tired and exhausted,” Lt. Frey said after working the case since Thursday. “Thankfully, this had a happy ending.”

        She said the police will now review the case to determine why a Caryville police officer who stopped Ms. Brown on Thursday let her go.

        “We do not believe it was his fault,” Lt. Frey said, adding that the officer believed something was wrong and called in to his dispatcher before letting Ms. Brown leave with her son.

        When he learned of the kidnapping, the officer contacted Cincinnati police and described the traffic stop.

        Since the kidnapping, Cincinnati investigators contacted the FBI, Crime Stoppers in Chattanooga, Tenn., and the television program America's Most Wanted to aid in the search.

        Cincinnati officials also put together a time line of Ms. Brown's movements:

        At 9:25 a.m. Thursday, Ms. Brown and Anthony were at a BP gas station in Williamstown, Ky., near Lexington. Lt. Frey said the mother begged for money, bought gas and then went on. The two were tracked to Lexington at about 11:30 a.m.

        The two were stopped by the police officer about 20 minutes north of Knoxville, Tenn., at about 5:15 p.m.

        Her arrest took place about 6 p.m. Friday in Blount County.

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