Cop: Kidnapping suspect staked out Walmart before following woman home

The victim noticed the white BMW following her home for about a mile and later saw it park in a cul-de-sac near her home when she was parking in her driveway. She assumed the driver was a neighbor and “didn’t think anything of it,” Poppe said.

As the victim was opening her front door, Maclin ran up behind her and grabbed her arm, pulling her away from the home, Poppe said. She screamed and grabbed on the door frame to prevent him from dragging her away; the scream alerted her mother, who ran toward the door and screamed at Maclin, according to the detective. Maclin then ran and fled in the white BMW.

Surveillance video captured Maclin parking his car in the Walmart parking lot and entering the store, Poppe said. Police were soon dispatched to the Walmart in search of the white BMW, which they found with a red hat the victim saw Maclin wearing stuffed under a seat.

At the same time surveillance cameras captured Maclin exiting the Walmart, police had surrounded the white BMW, Poppe said. Maclin then left the store on foot and attempted to report his car stolen the next day, according to Poppe.

Maclin is being held at the Gwinnett County Detention Center without bond. The issue of bond will be addressed in superior court in a later date, Judge Sandra Fluker said.