(ABC 6 News) – A St. Louis, MO man arrested at an Albert Lea restaurant with his missing children appeared in Freeborn County Court this week [Wednesday]. Christopher Michael Gonzalez, 43, is accused of taking his two children on Nov. 28, after being ordered to have no contact a month prior, according to the State of Missouri, which located his phone at an Albert Lea Kentucky Fried Chicken. Gonzalez and the two children were found inside the fast food chain. Gonzalez was being held at the Freeborn County jail on two charges of depriving another of parental rights. His next court hearing is scheduled for Jan. 5, 2023.
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