Authorities are searching for a Woodbridge man they say kidnapped two children.
Frank John, 41 PERTH AMBOY -- Authorities are still searching for a Woodbridge man who officials say abducted two children in the city on Friday, but then later returned them home safely.
Though 41-year-old Frank John, of Woodbridge, remains at large, authorities have charged him with kidnapping and theft of a motor vehicle, according to a statement from the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office on Saturday.
John had "picked up a 9-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl in Perth Amboy" at around 4 p.m. on Friday "to take them out for food," the statement said.
Authorities were contacted when the two children didn't come home Friday. However, they were returned unharmed between 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. the next morning, according to the prosecutor's office.
John is described as 6 feet 1 inches tall and 200 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.
Officials say his vehicle is a silver Toyota Highlander with a New Jersey license plate of J80GVE.
The case is being investigated by the county prosecutor's office and the Perth Amboy Police Department. Officials have not yet said what the relationship is between John and the children or their mother.
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