Police seek public’s help finding 1-year-old boy taken by his father

Utica Police said Christopher Lawson, 29, left a residence on Erie Street in Utica with his 1-year-old son on Aug. 14, 2022, and did not return. They are asking for the public's help in finding the man and the boy, Alex-zander Stevens. The boy was last seen wearing white pajamas with sharks printed on them and "shark" shoes. (Photo courtesy of Utica Police Department)
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Utica, N.Y. -- The Utica Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 1-year-old boy in what they describe as a “potential custodial interference investigation.”

Police said Sunday the child’s father, Christopher Lawson, 29, left a residence on Erie Street with his son, Alex-zander Stevens, and did not return. The child was last seen wearing white pajamas with sharks printed on them and “shark” shoes, police said.

Utica Police said Christopher Lawson, 29, left a residence on Erie Street in Utica with his 1-year-old son on Aug. 14, 2022, and did not return. They are asking for the public's help in finding the man and the boy, Alex-zander Stevens. (Photo courtesy of Utica Police Department)

Lawson is known to frequent the Oneida Square area but has not been seen there today, police said.

Police are asking that anyone with information about the whereabouts of Lawson or the boy contact the Utica Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at (315) 223-3510.

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