Crime & Safety
Several Detained Today As Part Of Sonoma County Kidnapping Investigation
A woman told police she was held for three weeks against her will, sexually abused and beaten before escaping.
A Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team detained several people his afternoon as part of a kidnapping investigation, a sheriff’s lieutenant.
The alleged victim told Petaluma police Wednesday that she was kidnapped three weeks ago and held against her will at a property in Santa Rosa, Lt. Carlos Basurto said.
The woman said she was beaten and sexually abused and she had injuries consistent with her allegations, Basurto said.
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The alleged victim said she escaped when her captors left a door open, Basurto said.
Sheriff’s detectives determined the kidnapping occurred three weeks ago in the Roseland area of unincorporated Sonoma County south of Santa Rosa, Basurto said.
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Detectives this morning identified where the woman was held and the SWAT team served a search warrant in the 3000 block of Stony Point Road, Basurto said.
The sheriff’s office advised pedestrians and motorists at 1:50 p.m. to avoid the 3500 block of Stony Point Road.
The advisory was lifted around 4:15 p.m., and the sheriff’s office announced at 4:45 p.m. that several people had been detained in connection with the alleged kidnapping, Basurto said.
--Bay City News
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