2 people arrested in South Tahoe kidnapping of infant

Two people were arrested this weekend on kidnapping charges. The incident started in South Lake Tahoe and ended in Douglas County.

On Aug. 13 at about 3:30pm the Douglas County sheriff’s deputies were contacted by the South Lake Tahoe Police Department and advised that a kidnapping had just occurred in South Lake Tahoe,

A 1-year-old baby was allegedly taken from his mother’s residence by Salvador Miguel Aquino-Villavicencio and his mother, Josefina Villavicencio, both of whom reside in Douglas County at the Holbrook Trailer Park.

The child was located inside the residence unharmed.

Both Salvador and Josefina Villavicencio were taken into custody without incident and booked into the Douglas County Jail on fugitive no-bail arrest warrants for kidnapping and criminal conspiracy, and are now awaiting extradition.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report