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A Petrolia resident has been charged with kidnapping after a woman was held against her will, Sarnia police say.
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Police said they were called at 1 p.m. Friday to Confederation and Stuart streets, where a frantic woman, 22, not dressed for cold weather, ran to a home saying she’d been kidnapped.
Officers learned two men and a woman, one carrying an axe, had entered the woman’s home earlier in the day, police said.
“There was an interaction within the residence where the (woman) was assaulted and taken to a waiting vehicle driven by a third male. She was held within that vehicle against her will and continued to be assaulted,” police said Sunday.
The woman was eventually released, pushed from the stopped vehicle and ran to a house for help, police said.
Officers found the vehicle and one suspect at a Brock Street home, police said.
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Alexander Morningstar-Hall, 30, from Petrolia is charged with kidnapping and breaking and entering, police said. He was held for bail.
“(Sarnia police) believe that this was a targeted incident as the involved parties appear to be affiliated with each other in some form,” police said.
Anyone with information about the case should call the Sarnia police criminal investigations division or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222 TIPS or p3tips.com.
Sarnian faces drug charges
Officers found almost 193 grams of fentanyl, nearly one gram of cocaine, and more than $1,600 in cash while arresting a person wanted on a warrant on Friday, Sarnia police say. (Sarnia police)
A Sarnia resident faces drug-trafficking charges after officers arrested a person wanted on a warrant, police said.
Officers arrested a person wanted on the warrant near Christina and Maxwell streets Saturday, police said. In a subsequent search, officers found nearly 193 grams of fentanyl, almost one gram of cocaine, and more than $1,600 in cash.
Aaron Furstenau, 41, of Sarnia is charged with two counts of possessing drugs for trafficking, police said. He was held for bail.
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