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RIVERTON — Two sisters were found safe at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City a little more than half an hour after police issued an Amber Alert Sunday evening.
The Amber Alert was issued shortly before 7:30 p.m. after police say Brooklyn George, 14, drove away with her 7-year-old sister from their grandparents' home in Riverton.
The grandparents called police around 4 p.m. after noticing the car and the girls were missing, Riverton Police Chief Don Hutson said. At the time, police believed the teen could be taking her sister to Idaho where her biological father lives.
The girl had a history of stealing cars, and she had been upset about how the grandparents were treating her sister, according to Hutson.
Police issued the alert "only because the 14-year-old has no ability to care for her and a 7-year-old little girl — no means, no money — and frankly we weren't sure how good of a driver she is even though she has stole cars before," Hutson said.
The teenager lives in a residential treatment program during the week and stays with her grandparents on weekends, the chief said.
The car was found at Liberty Park unoccupied, and Salt Lake police later found the two girls.
