Two Copan residents are in the Washington County Jail facing charges of kidnapping.

  36-year-old Kevin Michael Hobby and 32-year-old Samantha Lackey are accused of taking a child Lackey was babysitting on Saturday across state lines without permission.

 According to a probable cause affidavit, Lackey was watching the child while the mother was working. The mother alleges she and Lackey argued and that Lackey sent a text message telling her to move out of the home.

 The victim's mother planned retrieve her belongings and her child. It was then that Lackey allegedly told the mother they were not at home and was with her boyfriend, Hobby, and the child in Kansas wihtout the mother's permission. The victim's mother claims the pair would not give her an address to pick up the child and then stopped taking her calls.

 After several hours passed, the Washington County Sheriff's Office requested an Amber Alert be issued for the child. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol pinged Lackey and Hobby's cell phones, showing their location was back at a residence in Copan. Deputies arrived at the residence and arrested Lackey and Hobby on kidnapping charges. The child was reunited with their mother.

 Hobby is being held on a $50,000 bond on state charges of kidnapping. Lackey is a tribal citizen and is being held pending federal charges. Hobby's next court date is May 31.

Photo: Kevin Hobby, Samantha Lackey