DeKalb law and order

Man charged with kidnapping woman on MARTA bus
DeKalb man boarded the bus and dragged a woman off at gunpoint


The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/16/08

A DeKalb County man was arrested Friday afternoon after allegedly kidnapping a woman from a MARTA bus at gunpoint.

DeKalb police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said the suspect pulled his car in front of a MARTA bus Friday morning and forced the bus to stop near the intersection of Snapfinger Woods Drive and Wesley Chapel Road.

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The man, whose name has not been released, then boarded the bus and dragged a woman off at gunpoint, Parish said.

A joint investigation by DeKalb and MARTA police led officers to a home a couple of miles away on Tree Bark Trail, Parish said.

After a standoff with SWAT officer, the suspect surrendered.

Parish said early Friday afternoon that police had not yet found the kidnapping victim. She did not know the relationship between the suspect and victim.

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