SAN JOSE, Calif. — A woman conspired with a man to abduct her family friend’s 3-month-old baby while the child’s grandmother was unpacking groceries from her car, sparking a frantic 18-hour search by law enforcement that garnered national attention, prosecutors said Thursday in a criminal complaint.
San Jose residents Yesenia Guadalupe Ramirez, 43, and Jose Roman Portillo, 28, were charged with conspiracy to commit a felony, kidnapping a child under the age of 14 and first-degree burglary — all felonies — in connection with the abduction of a baby boy. Baldomeo Sandoval, 37, was initially identified by San Jose police as another suspect and arrested, but prosecutors didn’t file charges against him Thursday.
Portillo and Ramirez were scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon at the Hall of Justice in the Santa Clara Superior Court.
