Ashlee Buzzard, the mother of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, who has been the subject of a missing person investigation, was taken into custody on Friday.

Melodee was last seen in October along the Utah border.

Buzzard was seen handcuffed and being led by Santa Barbara County Sheriff's officials from her California home into a waiting sheriff's vehicle.

Sheriff's officials say her arrest on a felony charge of false imprisonment is unrelated to their missing person investigation. Officials say detectives recently learned that Ashlee had prevented a victim from leaving a location against their will. They say no other information about that incident is being released at this time.

The road in front of Ashlee's house was briefly closed to traffic starting at around 11:15 a.m. while authoritie

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