Released by the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office …
HOLMES COUNTY – Holmes County Sheriff’s Office reports that an Altha man they were searching for last night is now in custody. The search started after he allegedly abducted his children from a Holmes County residence earlier in the evening.
The 25-year-old Joseph Blake Page, who has pre-existing warrants, including for felony child abuse, gained access to the home of the babysitter by falsely identifying himself as a Holmes County Sheriff’s Deputy and then forcing his way into the home and striking the homeowner with the door.
Page then took his two small children from the home and fled in a white Ford Escape bearing a Florida State tag on the front of the vehicle and a Florida State sticker on the back.
Page and the children were located and are safe. Page has been taken into custody in Jackson County.