Amazing he is such a cool person...
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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=350>By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Agents arrested a U.S. man in Guadalupe Thursday on a charge of kidnapping his 5-year-old son. The man had been
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David Albanese
</TD><TD vAlign=top width=220>living illegally in Costa Rica for at least two years, said a spokeswoman from the International Police Agency.
The man, David Albanese, is wanted by a court in New Bedford, Massachusetts, for the abduction. The child was about 3 years old at the time, said the police spokeswoman. According to police, Albanse asked the child's mother for permission to take the boy to Costa Rica for a month in August of 2006. The
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>agreement was that Albanese would return by September of 2006, but he did not, said the police spokesman. Albanese had a brother and a cousin in Costa Rica, said a spokeswoman from the International Police Agency. He spoke a little Spanish and worked at a sportsbook in Sabana Sur, she said.
</TD><TD vAlign=top width=350>Agents arrested Albanese as he was getting into a taxi with his Costa Rican girlfriend near his home in Alto de Gaudalupe, said a police spokeswoman. Albanese had made several recent trips to the beach with a woman companion, said a report from the security ministry.
Albanese lived in various houses while he was in Costa Rica, one in Bello Horizonte, Escazú, according to the police report. Officers from the International Police Agency and the Grupo de Apoyo Operativo of the Fuerza Pública participated in the arrest, according to police.
The child is now in the custody of the national children's institution. Officials from the institution are coordinating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to get the child back to the United States, said a spokesman.
Meanwhile at least two U.S. mothers accused of kidnapping their children are still awaiting extraction in prison. Nicole Kater, arrested in April 2008 and Chere Lyn Tomayko arrested in September 2007, are both in Buen Pastor prison, according to spokespersoins..
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hno:
For those of you that know David and Cam and are concerned I will point out what is actually going on.
He was charged in Massachusetts with Parental Kidnapping. This charge came without his official knowledge. He was given a letter from the mother of the child and legally notarized. The letter stated no return date. So he left the USA and entered Costa Rica legally.
Since the mother had no place to live after her mother threw her out of her house. The verbal agreement David had with the mother was that once she got a place of her own and a job he would bring his son back to her. This has still not happened as of yet.
Some facts on the Mother: She was removed of custody for two years after she was arrested for a drug overdose. David's mother was issued a Kinship by the state of Massachusetts who had legal custody over Cameron. The Mother was again arrested this past June for Assault and Battery.
Cameron is not in the custody of CR officials as the article states. He is with family and in good spirits.
Another inaccuracy of the article is that David was illegal here in Costa Rica. He has his work permit and is legally working here.
If I missed any points or if anyone has any questions I would be happy to clarify things for you.
He was charged in Massachusetts with Parental Kidnapping. This charge came without his official knowledge. He was given a letter from the mother of the child and legally notarized. The letter stated no return date. So he left the USA and entered Costa Rica legally.
Since the mother had no place to live after her mother threw her out of her house. The verbal agreement David had with the mother was that once she got a place of her own and a job he would bring his son back to her. This has still not happened as of yet.
Some facts on the Mother: She was removed of custody for two years after she was arrested for a drug overdose. David's mother was issued a Kinship by the state of Massachusetts who had legal custody over Cameron. The Mother was again arrested this past June for Assault and Battery.
Cameron is not in the custody of CR officials as the article states. He is with family and in good spirits.
Another inaccuracy of the article is that David was illegal here in Costa Rica. He has his work permit and is legally working here.
If I missed any points or if anyone has any questions I would be happy to clarify things for you.
i hope everything goes well for the guy and his kid, sounds like a very difficult situation
Thanks for clearing that up...I was about to go postal on a couple of wise guys in here....David is a good father and was doing what was right for his son....like to see anybody do different...fuk that piece of rag newspaper...David is a good guy and compared to all you Tico fathers who don't give a shit about their kids, he is head and shoulders above all you guys who don't help out your kids at all....there are a bunch of single moms working at strip joints and such, because their local boyfriend doesn't want to help out...David did not kidnap his son and I have personally been in David and his son's presence, and let me tell you this, Cam loves his DAD....
