Braintree Kidnapping Suspect Indicted

The father of two children who burst into a Braintree foster home on May 20, triggering an Amber Alert, was issued eight criminal indictments on July 3.

According to the office of District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey, Jon T. Lockwood, 55, had a a supervised visitation session with his two children at a Department of Children and Families facility in Weymouth in May. Later that day, "he appeared at the Braintree foster home where his young children were living, burst into the home, assaulted the foster mother and forcibly took the children," according to the indictment.

Lockwood was indicted on assault with intent to commit a felony, breaking and entering in the daytime to commit a felony, two counts of kidnapping by a relative, assault and battery on an elderly person, assault and battery and two counts of reckless endangerment of a child, according to the District Attorney.

An Amber Alert was issued for the two children. The children were found safe and Lockwood was arrested about 100 miles away in Windsor, Conn.

“Again, the Amber Alert system has helped law enforcement safely recover children at great risk,” Morrissey said.

Lockwood pled not guilty at his Quincy District Court arraignment. He is being held on $50,000 cash bail.

“Braintree police Detectives Charles Paris and Mark Sherrick, Chief Jenkins, State Police detectives attached to the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office and the MSP personnel who coordinated and issued the Amber Alert deserve direct credit for securing the safety of these children,” Morrissey said.