Kidnapped South Carolina woman rescued in high-speed chase involving CPD, NCSO
NEWTON COUNTY — The Covington Police Department (CPD) and Newton County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO), alongside other law enforcement agencies, helped rescue an abducted woman on I-20 on Saturday morning.
According to a media release from the CPD and a booking report from the NCSO, 34-year-old Charles Davis, a resident of Batesburg, S.C., forced entry into a woman’s home and abducted her early Saturday morning. Davis fled west into Georgia with the woman along I-20 before eventually being apprehended in Rockdale County.
Davis was arrested by the CPD and booked in Newton County. He is charged with felony fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, misdemeanor reckless driving, felony false imprisonment, felony kidnapping and misdemeanor willful obstruction of law enforcement officers.
Davis will face additional charges in South Carolina.
According to the CPD release, the victim was able to notify a bystander that she had been kidnapped while stopped at a Morgan County rest stop. Law enforcement was alerted and the CPD received the BOLO around 8:51 a.m.
CPD Officer Ward spotted the vehicle continuing to flee west on I-20 near mile marker 92 and attempted to pull it over. Davis reportedly pulled over briefly before fleeing once more with the victim, who remains unnamed.
According to the CPD release, Davis’s vehicle was stopped after a successful PIT maneuver by the NCSO near Exit 80 in Rockdale County.
“The suspect, Charles Davis, attempted to flee on foot but was tased and quickly apprehended,” the statement read. “The victim was unharmed and safely recovered.”
Davis was arrested by Ward with the CPD at approximately 9:08 a.m., according to a jail report from the NCSO.
The chase involved CPD and NCSO, and Rockdale County Sheriff’s deputies and Conyers Police officers were visible in photos posted to social media. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office was also involved.
Davis’ motivations and any relationship with the victim are not known at this time. No court date has been released.
Kidnapping victim rescued after LA chase with help of Find My iPhone app
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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Authorities said she was able to call a friend, who alerted law enforcement and shared her location through the app.
EL MONTE, Calif. (KABC) — A kidnapping victim was rescued Saturday with the help of the Find My iPhone app, authorities said.
It all started around 6 p.m. when a man allegedly kidnapped his ex-girlfriend. According to the El Monte Police Department, the man arrived at her workplace, armed and distraught.
Following an argument, she said he forced her into a car and drove away.
Authorities said she was able to call a friend, who alerted law enforcement and shared her location through the app.
Officers caught up with the suspect near the 605 and 5 freeways when a chase began. Spike strips were deployed, which punctured the tires, slowing the white Ford Mustang to a crawl.
The victim was safely rescued from the car near the 405 Freeway and Westminster Avenue in Westminster, and the suspect was taken into custody.
Charges of kidnapping and felony evading were planned to be submitted to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office for filing consideration.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call the El Monte Police Department at 626-580-2100.
City News Service, Inc. contributed to this report.
San Rafael kidnapping victim rescued; 3 suspects arrested, police say
By Carlos E. Castañeda
October 13, 2025 / 12:21 PM PDT / CBS San Francisco
Officers rescued a woman who had been kidnapped and assaulted in San Rafael over the weekend, and three suspects were arrested, authorities said Monday.
The San Rafael Police Department said in a press release that dispatchers received a 911 call Saturday at about 9:45 a.m. from a female victim reporting she had been kidnapped and was being taken to an unknown location. The dispatchers used GPS data to determine she was on Robert Dollar Drive, adjacent to Boyd Memorial Park. The victim reported that three suspects were in the vehicle doing drugs and one of them carried a knife, police said.
Officers responded to an open space area next to Robert Dollar Drive and could hear the victim, who had escaped from the vehicle, screaming for help as the vehicle fled from the scene, police said. Other officers located and stopped the suspect vehicle a few blocks away; 24-year-old Vallejo resident Sergio Godinez-Lopez and San Rafael residents Christopher Moneroso, 21, and Jonathan Valenzuela-Castro, 21, were each detained.
While being detained and during a search, Valenzuela-Castro was found to have a concealed and loaded handgun with a high-capacity magazine, police said.
The investigation determined that the victim and the suspects had arranged to meet through an app in San Rafael’s Canal neighborhood. However, once the suspects picked up the victim, they decided to change the plans, refusing the victim’s pleas to be let go, according to police. They drove to the open space area of Robert Dollar Drive, prevented the victim from fleeing, and threatened her with a knife, police said.
The victim was able to call 911 and eventually escape just before officers located her and the suspect vehicle fled, police said.
The suspects were each booked into the Marin County Jail.
Valenzuela-Castro faces charges of kidnapping, conspiracy to commit a crime, assault with the intent to commit rape, carrying a concealed firearm, carrying a loaded firearm, possessing an unregistered firearm, and possession of a large capacity ammunition magazine. Monteroso was booked on charges of kidnapping, conspiracy to commit a crime, assault with a deadly weapon-knife, and criminal threats. Godinez-Lopez faces charges of kidnapping, conspiracy to commit a crime, and drug possession. \
Police asked anyone with information about the crime to call the department at (415) 485-3000. Tips can also be sent online at srpd.org/tips.
Body of woman kidnapped in Cincinnati found after chase through Tennessee, police say
By Daniel Smithson, Carmyn Gutierrez and Gray News staff
Published: Aug. 21, 2023 at 10:05 PM GMT+7
ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) – New details have been released after authorities said they found a woman’s body inside a man’s vehicle following a multi-county chase through middle Tennessee.
The pursuit began on Interstate 40 near mile marker 243 in Wilson County following an issued Be On the Look Out on Saturday morning. The BOLO was issued because the suspect, identified as Lance Miller, had an out-of-state warrant for his arrest.
The chase was eventually ended early Saturday by Cheatham County officers, with the use of spike strips. Police said were able to stop the vehicle and apprehend the suspect.
It turned out Miller was also involved in alleged murder and kidnapping, according to Cincinnati police. After the chase was ended by Cheatham County deputies, authorities found the body of a 36-year-old woman inside Miller’s car. The woman was a victim of a crime in Cincinnati, authorities said.
Cincinnati police said they responded to a report of shots fired at about 11:50 p.m. Friday. When police arrived, they said found evidence of a shooting and kidnapping.
Police said they believe the woman, identified in court documents as Kaitlyn Ashley Lynch, was taken by Miller and held against her will before she was shot and killed.
Miller is currently held in a Tennessee jail on charges of murder and kidnapping. It’s not clear when he will be extradited to the Hamilton County, Ohio jail, WXIX reported.
The kidnapping and homicide remain under investigation.
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