MAN'S ORDEAL ENDS IN CASTAIC KIDNAPPER FORCED DRIVER AT GUNPOINT.Byline: CAROL ROCK Staff Writer CASTAIC -- A Stockton man was kidnapped Kidnapped caught in the intrigues of Scottish factions, David Balfour and Alan Breck are shipwrecked, escape from the king’s soldiers, and undergo great dangers. [Br. Lit.: R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped] See : Adventurousness in Fresno County on Thursday night by an armed man who demanded a ride south. The kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. ended shortly after midnight when the gunman told his victim to stop the car in Castaic. Johnny Morales, 31, was driving south on state Route 99, en route to Wildomar in Riverside County, when he got off the freeway about 15 miles south of Fresno to stop at a convenience store. ``While he was in the store, he was approached by the suspect who told him to get in the car, or he'd shoot him,'' said Officer Wendy Hahn of the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. . ``The victim saw he had a small caliber silver automatic handgun. ``He said the guy kept saying he needed to get into town, but he wasn't specific.'' Morales continued driving south until his kidnapper told him to pull onto the shoulder of southbound south·bound adj. Going toward the south. southbound Adjective going towards the south Adj. 1. Interstate 5 north of Lake Hughes Road Hughes Road is an arterial road in South Mumbai linking Opera House with Kemps Corner. To the left is Malabar Hill. in Castaic, Hahn said. He took $40 in cash from Morales and got out of the car. Seeing a chance to escape, Morales continued driving and called 911, Hahn said. He described his assailant as white, in his 40s, 5-feet, 9-inches, 140 pounds, with ``dirty dreadlocks'' and wearing a gray shirt and dirty bluejeans. Investigators from the Fresno County Sheriff's Department and the CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan are working on the case. Anyone with information is asked to call the CHP Newhall office at (661) 294-5540. carol.rock(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5252 |
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