The woman told Armstrong that after her employer sent a free gift basket for Mother’s Day, the two arranged to meet again on Sunday. When she came to the door, Armstrong said that she soon realized that there was no basket.

Armstrong said: “My face is covered with tears.” How the woman pushed her away after being sprayed with toxic substances.

“We wrestled. I tried to keep her away from my son.”

According to Armstrong, during the struggle, the woman claimed to be the true mother of the child.

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“She finally picked up my son [and] At this point, I realized that she would not hurt him because she thought it was her son,” Armstrong said.

Armstrong said that she was almost blindfolded by the bear spray, but still recovered from the C-section. She decided it was best to stop fighting and ask for help. She screamed and ran out the back door. Her neighbor Bobby Emmerson and his teenage son started chasing.

Emerson said: “I started to run down the street. I don’t know where to go. I just ran.”

Emmerson said the woman was holding her eight-day-old baby in her arms and trying to get in the car. When he faced her, he said that she put the baby on the ground. Emmerson was able to detain the woman, while his son picked up the baby.

His son declined to be interviewed. His mother accepted CBC News for him.

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Bobby Emmerson was outside on Sunday and heard a neighbor calling for help saying that her son had been taken away. He said he pursued the suspect, found the eight-year-old Mason, and detained the woman until the Ottawa police arrived. 0:56

Christina Feher said of her: “I don’t know how many 14-year-olds you know dared to do what he did, but he did it. He followed his father until the girl. Was handcuffed. Son.

Armstrong’s nine-year-old daughter was also at home at the time, but was upstairs in her room. Armstrong said the smoke in the spray was so strong that when the paramedics arrived, her daughter’s eyes were swollen.

Ottawa police arrested 32-year-old Nicole Shanks in Shawville, Que.she was Faced with ten charges This includes kidnapping and beating people under the age of 14 with weapons. According to police, Calf appeared in court on Monday morning and was detained until she is expected to appear in court next Friday.

The police said investigators from the Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Department believed that the defendant may have spoken with other new mothers in similar groups.

Armstrong said that the painful ordeal had shaken her.

Armstrong said: “I definitely don’t use free groups anymore. I want to tell everyone to be careful because we provide addresses on the Internet and we are told not to.”

She and the baby’s father, Nicholas Freda, said they are forever grateful that their son returned home unharmed and thanked those who helped rescue him.

Freda said: “I cried because I am so happy that he came back. And what has been bothering me is our reason.”

Armstrong said: “I may never answer this door again. It will take some time to get me back to normal.”