ATHENS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department is reporting that a man suspected of kidnapping his wife has been arrested.
Around 1:30 p.m. Saturday, police were called to the 5000 block of N. Drive South in Athens Township. Police were told that a 38-year-old woman, the estranged wife of the suspect, was heard screaming while being forced into a car of the suspect.
Police say both the man and the woman were from Athens Township, and one of their young children was also in the vehicle at the time.
The vehicle was later identified in the City of Ft. Wayne by Indiana State Police, who arrested the man for kidnapping, according to the department.
Charges are now being reviewed for unlawful imprisonment and interfering with a 911 telecommunications call. The woman and child were transferred back to Michigan by Calhoun deputies.
