12/26/13 - A Wayne County woman has been bound over to circuit court after police say she fled the state with her two young children. 33-year-old Christie Hope-Erwin Clancy of Westland was arrested in New York last month after she had been sought for failing to return her children to their father in August. The warrant was issued locally because the coupleâs divorce was handled in Livingston County. Clancy has been bound over to circuit court on a misdemeanor count of unlawful retention of a child by a parent. She is being held on a $20,000 bond in the Livingston County Jail. The childrenâs father, who resides in Texas, has legal custody of the children, a 4-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy. However, the day before she was due to return them to their father, Clancy was seen packing her van with personal items. A tip later led police to Saranac Lake in upstate New York, where they located Clancy and the children, who were returned to their father. (TD)
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