Dashcam footage shows Camelback Moving crew members looking at a picture of Kehlani Rogers sent via Amber Alert. (ABC 7 Chicago via YouTube)
March 25, 2026 3:22 PM, EDT
Key Takeaways:
- Camelback Moving crews helped rescue a kidnapped 3-year-old girl after recognizing her from an Amber Alert at a convenience store.
- The movers blocked the suspect’s vehicle and alerted police, who arrived within minutes and made arrests.
- Company leaders said prior training helped employees recognize and respond to the situation.
Moving crews from Camelback Moving helped rescue a kidnapped Arizona girl after spotting her at a convenience store, blocking the suspect’s vehicle and alerting police following an Amber Alert.
Kehlani Rogers was reported missing from her Avondale, Ariz., home the evening of Feb. 20. The alleged kidnapper was welcomed in by the family because she needed a place to stay. The toddler was found two days later at a convenience store after the moving crews intervened.
Camelback Moving employees were honored with the Good Samaritan Award by the Avondale Police Department in recognition of their actions during the safe recovery of a missing child following an Amber Alert.
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“Most of Phoenix got the Amber Alert on their phones,” Camelback Moving President Chad Olsen told Transport Topics. “I was actually aware of the situation that was going on.”
Olsen was asked by the operations manager on duty whether he heard what happened at a QuikTrip convenience store. He recalled immediately moving into high gear once he learned what happened by speaking to the crew involved and pulling dashcam footage. The Samsara system provided multiple camera angles of the incident.
After speaking with the crew, Olsen said it quickly became clear that the movers had taken decisive action and played a central role in the child’s rescue, stepping in before police arrived.
Closed-circuit television footage shows Camelback Moving trucks blocking the suspect’s pickup as police begin to arrive on the scene. (ABC 7 Chicago via YouTube)
Olsen noted that he had three crews at the convenience store when the incident happened. A couple of movers were inside the store when they overheard a security guard talking to the police on the phone, so they asked what was going on. The security guard told them that he suspected the kidnapped child had just been taken into the store bathroom by a woman.
“He didn’t want to walk outside and tip the driver off who was still in the vehicle, and so our guys said, ‘We’re parked out back, we’ll roll out, we’ll get a photo of the license plate,’ ” Olsen said. “One of my employees that was in the passenger seat pulls up the Amber Alert on his phone. He could see the little girl. He shows it to the driver and the driver confirms.”
The movers even noticed the girl was wearing the same pink pajamas as in the photo. They decided to act, knowing the suspected kidnapper might leave before police arrived. They moved two of their vehicles to block the pickup truck in from the back and side. The movers then acted like they were looking through paperwork and doing busywork as they waited.
“They were totally blocked,” Olsen said. “But after 2½ minutes, the police came swarming in and got the child and arrested the two people that were there, and the crews went on about their day. They were excited. They had definitely called their girlfriends.”
Truckers Against Trafficking trained the company’s movers a couple of years earlier on how to recognize and report such situations. The company was in the process of arranging another training session when the incident happened. The crews also attended a presentation at the Arizona Moving Association Conference.
“Almost every one of the eight men there had kids, and they were just not going to allow it to happen,” Olsen said.
Olsen knew that his company needed to get ahead of the story and put a face on it as reports began to circulate. He issued a press release, reached out to media contacts, launched a community action webpage and started a social media campaign. They also invited the girl’s family to discuss the incident and share the dashcam footage.
“Some of these men are second-chance employees,” Olsen said. “When we say all these men are just movers, maybe that bar needs to be raised a little bit. Somebody with a little bit of a background, or maybe a face tattoo, might appear to be a little scary when they come to move your furniture. But they might also be the same people that saves a kid in a situation like this.”
Camelback Moving is a member of American Trucking Associations’ Moving & Storage Conference.
