Scary Park Slope Incident #1: Harmony Playground

There was a scary incident reported at the Harmony Playground at Ninth Street in Prospect Park on Wednesday evening, which was at first reported as "a possible abduction." It resulted in a big police presence in the park, helicopters overhead and a lot of activity on Prospect Park West. As it turns out, it wasn't an abduction per se, but the result of a domestic dispute of some kind. The mother of two children who was apparently accompanied by two men, took the children from the playground. It's unknown where or when the children were found and it took the father a while to even realize they were missing. When he did he became very upset, according to witnesses and the police were called. The search for the children continued for some time. It is the second missing children problem at the playground in a month. We reported an earlier incident of a nanny losing track of a child resulting in a big commotion and search.

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