UPDATE: Missing Berea Boy Returned Safe, Father Arrested

Police said a missing Berea boy was safely returned to his mother Tuesday and the boy’s father was arrested in Rockcastle County on a number of charges.

Berea Police said Stevie Saylor, Junior took his son, who he does not have custody of, on Monday afternoon.

Police said Saylor’s daughter, who he does have custody of, was with them.

Investigators said the boy, Stevie Saylor III, was dropped of Tuesday afternoon at his grandmother’s house.  She turned him over to authorities, who returned him to his mother Tuesday evening.

Police began looking for the trio on Monday afternoon in the Scaffold Cane Road area in Berea.

Investigators said all along that they never felt either child was in danger.  They stopped short of calling it a kidnapping.

Police said when Saylor, Junior was arrested Tuesday night, he was charged with Wanton Endangerment, Assault 2nd Degree, Violation of an Emergency Protective Order (EPO), Possession of a Firearm and being a Persistent Felony Offender.

Police said when Saylor took his son on Monday, he was already wanted on an unrelated warrant.