Courtesy of the Greene County Jail/Nexstar

Springfield Woman Jailed for 3 Kidnapping Counts

A woman is in the Greene County Jail for kidnapping an elderly woman and two children over the weekend.

Court records say 40-year-old Michelle Porter of Springfield is charged with first-degree kidnapping, two counts of kidnapping a child, and tampering with a motor vehicle.

Springfield Police says a man reported his truck was missing with his wife inside.

At the same time, a woman reported her children had been taken.

The woman was found lying along the street.

She was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

Porter was found with the children and the missing truck.

She was arrested and the children returned to their mother.