Crime & Safety
Ex Abducted Former Gal Pal at Gunpoint: Cops
He bound her wrists, forced her into a car and drove off with her, police said.
CREST HILL, IL — A jilted Joliet man pulled a gun on his ex-girlfriend, bound her wrists and forced her into a car, police said, but got caught by the cops after he drove off with her.
Vincente Pedrosa, 36, ambushed his former girlfriend when she returned home to her Pioneer Road apartment Monday night, police said, brandishing what turned out to be a BB gun and abducting her.
The 27-year-old woman reportedly managed to free her hands and call the cops from Pedrosa’s car. The Joliet police then located the couple, pulled them over and arrested Pedrosa.
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Pedrosa was charged with aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, domestic battery and aggravated assault. He was booked into the Will County jail and was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday afternoon.
Vincente Pedrosa | image via Will County Sheriff's Department
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