Stepmom Faces Extradition in HI in kids’ abduction

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The stepmom of three children who were taken by their father to the Bahamas on a sailboat against custody orders is being held without bail in Hawaii and will be extradited to Montana.

Hawaii County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Jason Skier (sk-EYE'-er) told The Associated Press on Wednesday that a Hilo judge ordered 45-year-old Angela Bryant to be held without bail, pending extradition. Montana authorities have until June 13 to take her.

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer last month directly asked Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie to return Bryant to the mainland.

The father pleaded guilty this week to a felony count of parenting interference after the children's mother said he failed to return them under a custody agreement.

The stepmom faces similar charges.

The abduction touched off a months-long search last year.