A former reality television contestant could be arrested after reportedly disappearing with her 16-year-old son, the Daily Mail can reveal.

A judge has ordered the arrest of Jaime Dugan, 41, a contestant on Survivor: China, after she allegedly failed to return her son, Harper, to his father following a weekend visit on August 30.

Harper’s father is Dugan’s former Survivor co-star, Erik Huffman, 45, who was awarded custody after the couple’s bitter divorce earlier this year.

The Daily Mail has confirmed that the FBI has opened an investigation into the whereabouts of both mother and son.

Huffman told the Daily Mail: ‘Harper’s safety and wellbeing are my top priorities right now, and getting him back safely is extremely important.’

‘We have such a good relationship. I had established a good routine for him at my home, with school, therapists, tutors and church youth groups.

‘He was really coming into his own and had a very stable life with me. I hate that he’s been ripped away.’

The case has prompted growing concern in Cayce, South Carolina, and across social media, where supporters have created a Facebook page called Hope for Harper.

In an order issued September 21 and obtained by the Daily Mail, Spartanburg County Family Court Judge M. Todd Thigpen found Dugan in direct contempt for failing to return Harper to his father and failing to appear at subsequent hearings.

The judge classified Harper as ‘missing and endangered.’

The judge ordered Dugan’s ‘immediate arrest’ and authorized law enforcement officers throughout South Carolina to take her into custody.

Huffman said: ‘I do fear for his safety. Throughout my separation and divorce, I wanted Harper to have a relationship with his mother.

‘I am truly concerned about her mental stability and his safety. I feel like I’ve been working night and day on this. I’ve launched my own investigation to try to get answers, driving across South Carolina and speaking with various law enforcement agencies.

‘It’s been a logistical nightmare. It’s been stressful and tough. I’m very worried about my son.’

Dugan and Huffman met as contestants on Survivor: China, which aired in 2007. They began dating after the show, married in 2009 and welcomed Harper the following year.

Huffman later became a doctor’s assistant, while Dugan is an online influencer with more than 70,000 Instagram followers.

Their breakup in 2024 devolved into a bitter public dispute involving allegations of physical and sexual abuse, none of which were proven.

Under the custody arrangements set out in their eight-day divorce trial, Huffman was given custody of Harper and Dugan had him every other weekend.

She was due to return him to his father on August 30. The judge found she ‘failed and/or refused’ to do so.

Dugan joined an emergency hearing about the matter on September 15 remotely, although the judge said she had not been given permission to appear virtually.

While a South Carolina Department of Social Services caseworker was giving evidence, the judge ordered Dugan to reveal where she and Harper were.

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She refused, according to the order.

The judge adjourned the hearing until September 18 and ordered her to appear in person with Harper.

Neither turned up. The court found her absence was willful.

The order also sets out the historic allegations which were at the heart of the couple’s original custody fight.

Dugan had reported allegations of physical abuse by Huffman and sexual abuse by Harper’s paternal grandmother, to several law enforcement agencies and to the Department of Social Services.

Authorities asked to interview Harper about the allegations but say Dugan refused to cooperate or make him available, according to the order.

The judge found the allegations to be unfounded, saying the court did not share her concerns, and ruled that her allegations did not permit her to disregard its custody orders.

Even if Dugan believed Harper was at risk, the judge said, she had legal avenues to raise her concerns rather than hiding where he was.

Huffman denied all the allegations, describing them tonight as ‘egregious and hurtful’.

After failing to show on September 18, the judge found Dugan in contempt. Her visitation was suspended, Huffman was given sole custody and Dugan was ordered to surrender Harper’s passport.

The court directed that she be held at the Spartanburg County Detention Center once arrested.

The Daily Mail has confirmed that the FBI has an active investigation into the pair’s whereabouts. 

Dugan did not return a request for comment.  

Attorney Jonathan Lewis, who represented Dugan during her divorce hearings, said: ‘Ms Dugan is considered innocent if or until she is proven guilty of a criminal offense, or liable of a civil offense, following proper proceedings in a court of law,’ says

‘I join in praying for Harper’s safe return and that this matter will quickly and decisively resolve itself in the best interests of Harper.’

Dugan’s troubles go beyond the custody fight.

In 2025 she was charged with cyberstalking in Moore County, North Carolina, over a series of unwanted messages to a friend of Huffman’s. The case was later dropped. 

On July 30, weeks after the divorce ruling, she filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in federal court in South Carolina, listing more than $509,000 in debts.

Most of her assets were a $408,000 share in the South Carolina home she jointly owns with Huffman. The filing said it would be sold after a final divorce order, but the sale is now in limbo.

The family court has held back some financial issues while the bankruptcy case goes ahead.

A hayride turned dangerous in upstate New York on Sunday when a tractor lost control, overturned and sent passengers flying during a weekly youth gathering. Three people were critically injured, while more than a dozen others required medical attention, authorities and local news outlets reported.

The wagon was carrying 19 passengers, most of them children, when it rolled at about 4:30 p.m. in Wellsburg, a small village near the Pennsylvania state line, according to WENY.

Chemung County Sheriff Bill Schrom said the John Deere tractor was towing the hay wagon along Comfort Hill Road toward Berwick Turnpike. As the vehicle approached an intersection, it reportedly entered the turn too quickly.

The tractor appeared to veer out of control as it accelerated toward the intersection. The driver then swerved right, causing the tractor to overturn and the wagon to separate, ejecting everyone aboard, Schrom told The New York Times.

At least 14 people suffered injuries, Schrom said. One person was flown to a hospital, while at least five others were transported by ambulance to Robert Packer Hospital. Eight additional victims made their own way to medical care, according to authorities.

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Three of the injured people were listed in critical condition, RochesterFirst reported.

Officials have not said how many children were hurt, although witnesses indicated that children made up most of the hayride’s passengers.

The group was made up of German Baptists, members of an Anabaptist religious community that had gathered for a youth event on the day of the crash, RochesterFirst reported.

Investigators are continuing to examine the Wellsburg hayride accident and work to determine exactly what caused the tractor and wagon to overturn.

A mass shooting at a neighborhood block party in south Georgia killed two people and wounded 35 others early Sunday, officials said.

More than 1,000 people were gathered in Vienna when at least 50 shots were fired at two locations roughly a block apart, according to Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy.

Deputies were patrolling a block party in the area of the 900 block of Pine Street at about 1:25 a.m. when gunfire broke out, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. The sheriff’s office requested assistance from the GBI.

Two people died at the scene from gunshot wounds. Most of the 35 injured victims were also shot, while others were struck by vehicles or suffered different injuries as the crowd ran from the gunfire. All 35 were taken to hospitals for treatment.

Peavy said people scattered in “every direction” as gunfire continued from a second location about a block away, even with officers already responding.

“We don’t know if it’s coming at us or someone else,” he said at a Sunday news conference. “You just have to keep doing what you’re doing and hope you don’t get hit by gunfire.”

The injured victims are between 14 and 51 years old, the GBI said. Their conditions range from stable to critical.

The two people killed were identified as Jaquevion Jackson, 21, of Cordele, and Macaleb Jackson, 23, of Hawkinsville, according to the agency.

The shooting occurred during homecoming weekend for Dooly County High School.

Sherrod Willaford, superintendent of the Dooly County School System, said the gathering was not sponsored by the school.

“We recognize that its impact may reach many of our students, families, and staff,” Willaford said in a statement.

Schools are scheduled to open Monday, with additional safety measures in place.

Vienna Mayor Eddie Daniels said the city had not issued a permit for the block party. He also said he did not know whether it was connected to homecoming.

No suspects have been arrested. Authorities have not identified a possible motive or determined how many shooters may have been involved.

“Please turn yourself in, because we’re doing everything we can to find out who you are,” Peavy said.

The investigation remains ongoing.

Vienna is located about 130 miles south of Atlanta and roughly 50 miles south of Macon along the Interstate 75 corridor. In Macon, 12 teenagers were wounded by gunfire during a confrontation at a city park last week at a birthday party.

A woman suspected of working for China was arrested Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport after allegedly conducting surveillance on the son of Taiwan’s president and his family.

Wanying “Heather” Zhang, 34, a California real estate agent from Irvine, was detained by federal agents as she prepared to board a flight to Shanghai. Prosecutors charged her with acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.

Investigators allege that Zhang and an unnamed associate traveled to Seattle, Washington, in September 2025 and photographed the suburban residence of relatives of a senior Taiwanese official.

“If the PRC [People’s Republic of China] wish to obtain leverage over the President of Taiwan during any potential conflict, the location and pictures of the close relatives of a high-ranking Taiwanese government official, including pictures of their homes and cars, could be useful to the PRC,” Special Agent Kevin Holt wrote in an October 3 criminal complaint.

Beijing has long claimed sovereignty over Taiwan, while Taiwan maintains that it is self-governing and independent.

People familiar with the investigation told CBS News that the alleged target was Ting-Yu Lai, the son of Taiwanese President Ching-Te Lai.

Ting-Yu, an engineer in his 30s, studied at a U.S. college and lives with his wife, Hsiao Chen, and their American-born son. He is employed by Philips, the multinational electronics company.

The criminal complaint, obtained by CBS News, says Zhang and a man referred to in court documents as “Individual 1” flew from Las Vegas to Seattle on September 1, 2025. They allegedly rented a black Nissan Rogue and drove to Ting-Yu’s residence.

According to images from a neighbor’s security camera cited in the complaint, the pair appeared to record Ting-Yu, his wife and their child as they returned home that night.

Zhang allegedly reported the encounter to a Chinese government contact by text, writing: “Saw him. Young male. It’s the young one” and “I am video recording.” She also sent two license plate numbers.

The messages were recovered through a search warrant targeting Zhang’s iCloud account, the complaint states.

The filing further alleges that Zhang communicated with at least two individuals whom she appeared to recognize as employees or representatives of the PRC government.

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Holt said Zhang was introduced to one of the alleged officials in June 2025 by a former classmate from Beijing’s University of International Relations. The university, he noted, maintains close connections with China’s Ministry of State Security.

During a June 2025 trip to China, Zhang allegedly reserved a private room in Changsha, where she met the official and was given instructions for the surveillance operation.

She later allegedly messaged the official: “I can take care of this thing.”

Zhang is then said to have texted a Chinese government official again on August 25, 2025, writing: ‘I will be busy with work in LA this week. I will probably go to Seattle next week.’

The official then replied, ‘OK. Thank you for your hard work,’ according to the criminal complaint.

Bill Essayli, first US Attorney for the Central District of California, said she has since ‘used tradecraft’ to avoid detection from American authorities and never notified the Attorney General she was acting as an agent for a foreign government. 

Zhang is a licensed California real estate agent with JC Pacific Capital Inc.

Her Zillow profile shows she has 130 sales and listings around LA and neighboring counties. 

Zhang is now expected to appear in federal court in Los Angeles on Monday for an initial appearance. 

The Daily Mail has reached out to the Taiwanese Consulate for comment. 

This is a breaking news story and will be updated. 

A man arrested by the NYPD on drug charges died one day after suffering a medical emergency while in custody at a Brooklyn precinct, police said.

Reginald Newkirk, 54, was being held at the 67th Precinct in Flatbush as he waited to be taken to criminal court for arraignment when his condition suddenly worsened, according to the NYPD.

Paramedics transported Newkirk, a Brooklyn resident, to a nearby hospital shortly before 2:15 p.m. Saturday after he became ill, police said. The nature of the illness was not disclosed.

Newkirk remained hospitalized overnight and was pronounced dead Sunday, according to police. The cause of death has not been determined.

Court records show that Newkirk had been arrested Friday and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance.

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The death comes after a 46-year-old detainee died on Sept. 9 following a medical episode inside the Central Courts Building in Downtown Brooklyn, AMNY reported.

Earlier this year, in April, Hector Sierra, 51, and Zamiqua Miller, 33, also died after experiencing withdrawal symptoms while in NYPD custody, police said.

The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division is conducting an investigation into Newkirk’s death.