REGIONAL: Amber alert issued for children abducted from Glenn County

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An Amber Alert has been issued for two children abducted from Willows in neighboring Glenn County this morning.

The California Highway Patrol reported that Leonard Dale Tuttle Jr., 30, is alleged to have taken two little girls, 2-year-old Randi Martinez and 5-year-old Vanessa Martinez, at about 9:30 a.m. Friday.

The children, both of whom are American Indian, are described as follows: Randi Martinez is 3 feet tall, 35 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair, and Vanessa Martinez is 4 feet tall and 70 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair.

Tuttle is as an American Indian male, is 6 feet, 7 inches tall, weighing 360 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

He has a tattoo of lips on the left side of his neck and a feather and panther tattoo on his right arm.

Tuttle was last seen driving a 2002 white Mitsubishi Lancer, California license plate 5PIB347.

Anyone who sees the suspect should call 911 or the Willows Police Department at 530-934-3456.