A felony charge has been filed against a Knoxville woman accused of taking another person’s child without permission.

Knoxville Police arrested 27-year-old Samantha Lynn Burton-Ogden Tuesday evening.
According to court records, Burton-Ogden took a 2-year-old child from a neighboring apartment at a complex along West Madison Street. She then took the child into her apartment and locked the door, refusing to unlock it for child’s mother. Burton-Ogden finally allowed the mother to retrieve her child, then jumped from the third floor of her apartment building and fled. She was later located at a motel in Knoxville.
Burton-Ogden has been charged with Child Stealing, a Class C Felony. A preliminary hearing has been set for Friday, March 20th.