Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: We’re learning more now about a “domestic incident” that led to the arrest Monday of a Knoxville man.

Knoxville Police Department officials say the incident occurred in West Knoxville.

KPD says the girlfriend of 20-year-old Omar Amengol Cortes told police he shoved her out of her car and drove away with her four-year-old daughter.

Police later found the child and the car, which was abandoned.

Cortes was taken into custody outside of West Town Mall; he was charged with especially aggravated kidnapping.

ORIGINAL STORY: The Knoxville Police Department announces the successful apprehension of a man involved this (Monday) morning in a domestic incident involving a missing child.

KPD says a man identified only as Omar at this time, was taken into custody around noon after leaving the scene of a domestic incident in the victim’s car with the victim’s child inside the vehicle.

A post on social media stated that police were searching for Omar in the area of 600 Buckey Drive.

According to KPD, the child has since been found safe and the car was recovered.

Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Summer may be waning, but don’t put that bug spray up just yet.

The Knox County Health Department is warning about a mosquito born infection; it’s already sent six kids to the hospital. Despite kids being back in school, the health department says the La Crosse virus is still a concern.

“We think school is back and so we’re done with summer, but the mosquitos aren’t,” said Dr. Corinne Tandy with the Knox County Health Department speaking with WOKI news partner, WVLT. “So, we often see mosquito season reaching into that late summer through August through September until the temperatures really start cooling down in October.”

Health department officials say there are typically no symptoms of the virus but those who do get sick experience fever, headache, nausea and vomiting.

KCHD officials say the best way to avoid a La Crosse infection is to prevent or reduce mosquito bites. La Crosse is spread by the bite of an Aedes mosquito, which bites primarily during dawn and dusk in wooded areas.

The department recommends people also:

• Use insect repellents.
• Treat clothing with repellents
• Wear long-sleeved shirts and pants if working in grassy areas and cover strollers/baby carriers with mosquito netting
• Control the mosquito population in your yard by reducing standing water on the property
• Once a week, turn over items that hold water, such as swings, buckets, toys, and flowerpot saucers

Maryville, TN (WOKI) The Blount County Sheriff’s Office has issued a warning about scam callers after the department received several complaints.

BCSO officials say a number of scam calls are circulating ranging from scammers posing as deputies with the sheriff’s office warning respondents to call a number with a 205 area code in regard to missing jury duty, alleging warrants out for their arrest and several other claims.

BCSO adds another scam involves someone claiming to represent the Fraternal Order of Police and asking for donations for “Shop with a Cop.”

BCSO says the department will never call and ask for money for any reason; if you receive one of these calls, hang up and call police.