Arrest In Attempted Abduction At Gunpoint In Mount Kisco

MOUNT KISCO, NY — Westchester County Police arrested a Cortlandt man on Monday evening, accusing him of the attempted abduction of a woman over the weekend in Mount Kisco.

The victim was walking southbound on North Bedford Road (Route 117) about 11:35 p.m. Saturday when a car pulled up alongside her a little south of the Bedford town line, police said. The driver offered her a ride and the woman refused.

A short time later, further south on North Bedford Road, the vehicle stopped next to the woman again — and this time the driver demanded that she get in the car. When the woman refused, the driver pointed a handgun at her and again demanded she get in.

The woman ran away from the car and the driver fled.

Westchester County Police detectives, working with the department’s Real Time Crime Center, determined that the suspect vehicle had out-of-state plates and was possibly a rental car. Through further investigation, detectives were able to identify the driver and began looking for him in the Cortlandt area.

On Monday evening, about 4:40 p.m., a deputy sheriff from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department observed the suspect vehicle in the vicinity of Oregon Corners at the Cortlandt-Putnam Valley border and made a traffic stop. Westchester County Police responded and took the suspect into custody.

A loaded .22-caliber handgun was recovered during the arrest.

Kyle Gregg, 23, of Doris Lee Drive, Cortlandt Manor was charged with Attempted Kidnapping 2nd Degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2nd Degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon With a Defaced Serial Number 3rd Degree; felonies; and Menacing 3rd Degree, a misdemeanor.

He was booked at county police headquarters in Hawthorne and held overnight pending arraignment in Mount Kisco Justice Court today.

“I commend our detectives for their work in bring this case to a fast and successful conclusion,” Commissioner Thomas A. Gleason said. “I would also like to thank the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department for its assistance in locating the suspect.”

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