Amber Alert issued by Niagara police for 5 missing children | CBC News

HamiltonNiagara police are searching for a father who is believed to have abducted five children.Officers looking for 49-year-old Ian MacDermid, last seen in Jordan, Ont.Dan Taekema · CBC News · Posted: Oct 01, 2019 5:09 PM ET | Last Updated: October 1Niagara Regional Police have issued an Amber Alert for five children believed to have been abducted by their father, Ian MacDermid. (AMBER Alert Ontario/Twitter)Niagara police are searching for a father who is believed to have abducted five children. Detectives with the service’s Child Abuse Unit said in an Amber Alert issued Tuesday afternoon that they’re searching for Ian MacDermid and are concerned for the safety and welfare of his children.MacDermid is described as a 49-year-old standing about six feet tall, weighing 280 pounds, with blue eyes, brown hair and a beard. He was last seen in Jordan, Ont., and may be driving a gold or beige pickup truck, according to police. Police say all of the MacDermid children are Asian and describe them as follows: Magnus, age 14, black spiky hair, glasses and a medium build. Eska, 13, five-foot-one, with a medium build and long brown hair. Sovereign, 11, five-foot-two, heavy set with long black hair. Mattias, 10, four-foot-eight, with light brown caramel hair and a small/medium build. Evalyn, 5, three-foot-eight, with  long black hair, and a medium build. Investigators allege the children were taken from their home in Jordan, a community between Hamilton and St. Catharines, sometime between Sept. 19 and 25. The children were under a temporary custody order, which police say their father violated by failing to return them. They were reported missing to police by a local agency within the past 24 hours, Const. Phil Gavin told media during an update just after 6:30 p.m. ET. He said police are still gathering details and hope to release more in the future. It’s not clear when the children were supposed to be returned, or why there was a gap between the 25th and when the missing persons report was filed. Police say the family previously lived in the Toronto area and still has family and friends there, so it’s possible MacDermid is headed that way. “We’re asking the public to be alert for these people and if anyone has information we’re asking them to contact their local police as soon as they can,” said Gavin. “Our primary concern is locating [and] ensuring the safety and welfare of these children.” Police say the five children were taken from their home in Jordan, Ont., sometime between Sept. 19 and 25. (Niagara Regional Police)