Child found safe after allegedly abducted from daycare center in Canton by father

CANTON – A child who was allegedly abducted by his father from a Massachusetts daycare on Thursday has been found safe in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Police said Nathan Dorosario entered the Canton daycare center and took his 18-month-old son. Police said he violated a restraining order issued just two days ago.

The urgent search began in Canton around 3:30 p.m. Family members say Dorosario showed up at the daycare where the baby’s mother works, forced his way in, grabbed the child and disappeared.

Suspect and child found in Pawtucket

Pawtucket police said the suspect’s vehicle was found after a license plate reader took a hit. “A location was located and the alleged suspect and child were safely located by police,” Pawtucket police said.

Investigators quickly tracked the father’s car to Webster Street in Pawtucket. A swarm of patrol cars surrounded the crime scene. Surveillance video shows him walking through a parking lot with a baby to an adult care facility.

Krykette Kowalski witnessed the arrest. She saw police officers approaching the father on foot and heard the baby crying.

“I saw a lot of police officers out here surrounding a baby and a man holding the baby,” Kowalski said. “The police asked the man to put the baby down, he didn’t want to.”

“They just asked about the baby, they were quiet,” Kowalski said. “He put the baby on the ground, the police looked at the baby and then fire trucks came.”

The baby was taken to the hospital for examination. Dorosario is being held on a Massachusetts fugitive from justice charge.