POLICE ARREST BUSINESSMAN IN GIRLFRIEND'S KIDNAPPING.Byline: Daily News CHATSWORTH - A 42-year-old man was arrested early Monday on suspicion of 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. his girlfriend after a tense standoff stand·off n. 1. A tie or draw, as in a contest. 2. A situation in which one force neutralizes or counterbalances the other. 3. A standoff insulator. adj. Standoffish. with SWAT officers at his business, police said. Douglas Paul Wernli was arrested about 4:30 a.m. after he 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 his girlfriend late Sunday, then released her and barricaded bar·ri·cade n. 1. A structure set up across a route of access to obstruct the passage of an enemy. 2. Something that serves as an obstacle; a barrier. See Synonyms at bulwark. tr.v. himself at his business in the 21900 block of Velicata Street, police said. ``People in the area heard a woman screaming for help and saw a man pushing a woman into his vehicle,'' said Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police Officer John Moreno. After he let the woman go at Devonshire Street and DeSoto Avenue about 10 p.m., Moreno said Wernli holed himself up at his business and told police he was armed and ``would not be taken alive.'' After lengthy negotiation, Wernli surrendered to Special Weapons and Tactics officers at 4:40 a.m., police said. He was taken to Van Nuys Jail, were he was booked on suspicion of kidnapping and held in lieu of $100,000 bail, officials said. |
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