By Vicky Wedig
Editor
A Lake Geneva woman and her kids were found in Savannah, Ga., Tuesday morning after a person there recognized them from photos on a press release police issued Monday.
“When we put it out to media last night, we got a citizen tip of someone who saw them in Savannah,” Lake Geneva police Lt. Ed Gritzner said Tuesday morning.
Gritzner said the press release, which included photos of the woman and her three sons, circulated nationwide through social media and online news sites.
Michalene Melges, 40, and her children Hans, 14, Max, 12, and Buddy, 10, were found at a vacation rental in Savannah, and Melges was arrested and remained in custody Tuesday afternoon.
She was charged Tuesday in Walworth County Circuit Court with three counts each of interfering with child custody and contributing to truancy and disorderly conduct.
The three children were with authorities in Savannah as of Tuesday afternoon, and Hans Melges and other family members were en route to Georgia to retrieve them, Gritzner said.
See Thursday’s Lake Geneva Times and other Southern Lakes Newspapers for the full story.
