Man Charged With Kidnapping Cherokee County Mother, Child

The man accused of holding a Cherokee County mother and daughter against their will has been arrested.

Roswell police arrested Darin Czech, 43, of Roswell Monday morning in an apartment complex off Holcomb Bridge Road, the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office said. A resident of the complex called police after recognizing Czech from news reports.

The sheriff’s office has charged Czech with two counts of kidnapping. He was taken into custody without incident and is currently being held on $55,400 bond at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center.

Sheriff’s deputies on Saturday responded to a suspicious activity call along Lee Path in southwest Cherokee. The caller expressed concern that her neighbor, Karen McGuire, 42, and her six-year-old daughter “may have been taken against their will” by Czech, sheriff’s office spokesperson Lt. Jay Baker previously told Patch.

Investigators with the sheriff’s office made contact with the suspect and McGuire, who reportedly said “that she just wanted to come home,” Baker noted.

However, Baker said Czech allegedly refused to meet with investigators and instead dropped the woman and child off at the Indian Creek MARTA Station Sunday afternoon.

McGuire told authorities Czech took her and her daughter to a motel and held them there overnight Saturday and Sunday morning. The woman and her child were not injured.

Photo credit: Cherokee Sheriff’s Office