Police say mother had made threats to harm herself, children.
MIRAMAR —
Three young girls were found safe watching a movie in Boca Raton after authorities issued a missing person's alert for the girls and their mother.
Police late Wednesday found the Miramar woman and her three daughters after an officer spotted the woman's car, said Miramar police spokeswoman, Tania Rues.
Josephine Pagente, 39, of Miramar, and her daughters Briana Sison, 7, Isabella Sison, 4, and Sabrina Sison, 3, were uninjured, said Miramar police spokeswoman Tania Rues. They were found watching "Toy Story 3" at a movie theater.
Earlier in the day, Pagente had told her husband and the father of the girls that she was going to harm them, Rues said.
Be the first to know.
"She made a variety of threats, all alluding that she would harm herself and her three daughters," Rues said.
Pagente was taken into custody under the state's Baker Act, which allows people with mental illnesses to be involuntarily admitted to a hospital for up to 72 hours.
Linkback:
https://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=30660.0