Crime & Safety
29-Year-Old Kidnapped Man, Forced Him To Pay For Gas: Police
Police said Blaze Pierce is charged with kidnapping and armed robbery after threatening a man at gunpoint and demanding he buy him gas.
SAUK VILLAGE, IL — A Sauk Village man has been charged with kidnapping and robbery after police said he threatened another man with a gun before demanding he buy him gas.
According to police, 29-year-old Blaze Pierce got into an argument with another man last month in the 17500 block of South Halsted Street. Officials said Pierce threatened the man with a handgun and stole two cell phones off of him.
"Pierce made the victim get into his vehicle and took him to a gas station where he wanted the victim to buy him gas," police said in arrest records.
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Pierce fled the scene when the man wasn't able to pay for the gas. He is facing charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and armed robbery.
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