Houston baby found safe after regional Amber Alert issued

HOUSTON – A regional Amber Alert that was issued Friday for a missing Houston baby was canceled Saturday after the child was found safe.

Authorities said 3-month-old Anyla Benjamin was believed to have been taken by her biological mother, 39-year-old Lashea Benjamin.

Houston police said the mother and daughter were found at a Greyhound bus station in Dallas.

Lashea Benjamin is wanted on a charge of injury to a child under 15 and was arrested, police said. She’s being held in a Dallas jail until she is extradited to Houston.