Sheriff: Abduction was Hoax, 2 Still Held for Unrelated Charges

Two of three men arrested Saturday in unincorporated Contra Costa County on suspicion of kidnapping are being held on unrelated offenses and the kidnapping did not occur, sheriff’s officials said Sunday.

Sheriff’s officials made the announcement at 5:44 p.m. on Twitter.

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• 3 Arrested in Alleged Abduction Near Martinez
  

Sheriff’s officials received a call at 4:59 p.m. Saturday from a person who reported seeing three men make a woman get into a car near Vine Street and Pacheco Boulevard near Martinez, Lt. Ian Herbert said.

Deputies arrested three men in the incident, Herbert said. Two of the men are now being held on unrelated offenses, sheriff’s officials said.

--Bay City News Service, photo via Shutterstock