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ORLANDO, Fla. - A two-month-old infant was safely rescued Sunday after the Florida Highway Patrol and local law enforcement stopped an armed kidnapping suspect following a high-speed chase across multiple counties in North Florida.

What we know:

According to authorities, the incident began around 4 p.m. on Aug. 3, when FHP received a warning about a vehicle connected to a kidnapping out of Georgia.

The suspect, identified as Maurtez Rashaad Edwards, 23, of Macon, Georgia, was wanted for the aggravated kidnapping of his infant child.

Troopers and deputies from the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office attempted a traffic stop on Edwards’ vehicle near State Roads 20 and 267 in Leon County, but he refused to stop and fled westbound. Over the course of the pursuit, which reached spe

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