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U.S. Marshals have arrested the Elyria man accused of taking his girlfriend’s 7-year-old son Monday. The child was found safe, but Johnson remained at large.

Gregory Johnson, 42, was arrested today, according to Deputy Tony Keffer, U.S. Marshals Service task force coordinator for Lorain County. Johnson had been named fugitive of the week while he was on the run.

According to Marshals, information was obtained today by the Violent Fugitive Task Force that Johnson was hiding out in Riverside Estates on the west side of Cleveland near West 28th Street. The task force immediately responded to the area and located the car that was used during the kidnapping.

Officers kept surveillance on the vehicle throughout the morning and arrested Johnson after he got in the vehicle about 11:30 a.m.

An Amber Alert was issued for David Bruce early Monday morning after Johnson took him and his girlfriend’s car from their Bell Avenue apartment. Bruce was found a little after 6 a.m. Monday after Johnson left him at the Cleveland Greyhound Station.

“This was great police work by the officers working this investigation, Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Roberto Robinson said in a news release. “We are thankful that the child is safe and that this fugitive is now in custody.”