VANCOUVER, Wash. -- A woman accused of abducting her kids and trying to get them to vancouver, Wash. was found and arrested in California Friday.

Theresa Roy was accused of abducting her two children from their father in Southern California and heading to Vancouver, authorities said Friday morning.

KCRA reported she was arrested and the children were going to be taken into protective custody.

An Amber Alert was issued Thursday in Southern California by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The two children are Magan Roy, 9, and Jeremy Roy, 5. Authorities said their mother Theresa Roy, who does not have custody, abducted them Thursday morning in Palmdale, north of Los Angeles.

Roy has a history of violence and mental illness, according to the California Highway Patrol.