Crime & Safety
Woman Held Against Her Will For 'A Couple Of Months': Nashville Police
The woman flagged down officers near Opry Mills and said she'd been threatened and kidnapped for months.
NASHVILLE, TN — A woman told Metro Police she'd been threatened, beaten and held against her will for months by a Nashville man.
The alleged victim called 911 as she was leaving Opry Mills Mall around 1 p.m. Saturday, saying she'd been kidnapped and described the vehicle of her abductor. Officers spotted the car on Ellington Parkway near Douglas Avenue with the woman frantically waving from the window.
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Once police pulled the car over, the woman said that 46-year-old George Sadler had been holding her against her will for "a couple of months," and had been beating her and threatening to kill her.
Sadler was arrested and charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, domestic violence and a smattering of moving violations. He is being held on a $25,000 bond.
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