Arizona Movers Trained in 'Truckers Against Trafficking' Rescue an Abducted 2-Year-Old, Block Suspect Until Police Arrive

What began as a routine coffee break for a group of Arizona movers quickly became an extraordinary rescue mission.

Trained through the 'Truckers Against Trafficking' programme, the crew found themselves putting that training into action when their stop at a QuikTrip gas station turned into an unexpected effort to help recover a missing child.

The movers became unlikely heroes after helping rescue an abducted three-year-old in Phoenix, Arizona. They blocked the vehicle of a woman suspected of abducting the child after she entered the gas station, holding the car in place until police arrived. Here are the details.

Arizona Movers Helped Rescue an Abducted 3-Year-Old

A Camelback Moving employee has heard an Amber Alert tone go off on their phone while having a break at a QuickTrip. The 3-year-old girl named Kehlani Rogers was the subject of the Amber Alert on Saturday, 21 February, in Phoenix

A huge coincidence happened when the Arizona movers were at the right place and the right time, as the group had become the unlikely hero for the child.

On News 19 WLTX report, the president and founder of Camelback Moving, Chad Olsen, shared the story. He said, 'Like most moving companies and trades workers, before they hit their job, they stop and get coffee, donuts, energy drinks.'

Olsen added, 'We had eight gentlemen there, three trucks, and the security guard that we were familiar with at the QT notified us that he thought that the Amber Alert suspect had just walked in with the child.'

The security guard sought the help of the crew and called 911. Olsen shared that the movers ultimately decided to block the vehicle that the security guard believed the suspect was driving until the police arrived.

Approximately 90 seconds after the trucks moved into place, the police arrived. The suspect was later identified as 23-year-old Marina Noriega.

The movers who were identified as Ralph Vollmert and Kevin Place said, 'Our trucks are 28, 30 feet long, so we knew it was a good idea to put the truck there just because there's just nowhere you could go after that.'

They added, 'It just breaks our heart because we have kids ourselves...nobody ever wants a kid to be harmed or to be hurt or to be mistreated.'

The Abduction of the 3-Year-Old

Before Kehlani was found, a witness reported seeing the child and Marina Noriega near 27th Avenue and Indian School Road in Phoenix.

The suspect was a transient who was staying at their house because she had nowhere to go, according to the child's parents. Noriega then disappeared with their daughter.

Noriega told the law enforcement when she was arrested that the girl was her 'long-lost daughter' and admitted that she took the child.

The 23-year-old suspect is now in custody with the Avondale Police Department and booked into the Maricopa County Jail system and faces several charges related to this incident.

Arizona Movers Trained in 'Truckers Against Trafficking'

The timing of the incident was on point as it coincided with the company's training called 'Truckers Against Trafficking,' which is an Arizona Department of Public Safety and Arizona Trucking Association program aimed at helping truckers and movers know what signs to look for to prevent trafficking from happening.

Olsen said that truckers and movers are in 'a unique position to prevent this or to at least recognize some of the signs of trafficking that occur because we're in the homes,' adding, '...Other service providers may not have this engagement.'

He shared that he was not surprised that his employees sprang into action. He said, 'I know many of these men and their character, and our core values and giving back to the community, and I was really proud to listen to the dash cam conversation of them ... and deciding to get involved and take action.'

'It just really proves that these Amber Alerts work, and good people are out there,' he added.