Two critical missing children have been found safe, Lewisville police said.
According to police, the two young children were abducted by their biological mother from Lewisville on Thursday.
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WATCH HEREOn Thursday evening, authorities issued a statewide AMBER Alert for the children. Lewisville police later rolled back the status of the alert and investigated the incident as a critical missing persons case.
Police said the two children were found safe in Oklahoma, and their mother is now in custody.
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SIGN UP Albina Rudenko was arrested about 8:30 a.m. in Wagoner, Oklahoma, without incident, police said.
According to police, a motorist noticed that Rudenko's car had broken down in a parking lot and called police for a welfare check.
Police said Rudenko is charged with two counts of interference with child custody, which is felony, punishable by 180 days to two years in jail if convicted.
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Rudenko had her parental rights terminated earlier this year by court order, police said. She took 8-year-old and 6-year-old children off a school bus in Lewisville on Thursday afternoon and left the North Texas area.
Officials said the Lewisville Police Department is working with Child Protective Services to bring the children back to Lewisville to be reunited with their father.
Rudenko will be arraigned in Wagoner County before she can be returned to Lewisville.
