VAN BUREN TWP. (WWJ) – A Grosse Pointe man is facing charges for allegedly trying to kidnap his ex-wife in Van Buren Township.
Van Buren Twp. police officers were called to a home in the 48400 block of Denton Road around 9 p.m. last Friday for a reported kidnapping in progress.
When officers showed up, they saw 51-year-old Carl Travis assaulting his ex-wife, a 35-year-old woman from Harrison Township.
When the officers tried to intervene, Travis allegedly fled from the scene. Authorities say Travis went eastbound on I-94, before crashing into a metal pole at the intersection of Trumbull Street and the I-94 Service Drive.
He was arrested at the scene. Authorities said over the weekend he was believed to be armed at the time of the incident.
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Travis was arraigned Monday in 34th District Court on one count of unlawful imprisonment, one count of second-degree fleeing and eluding, two counts of resisting, assaulting and obstruction a police officer, one count of domestic violence and one count of reckless driving.
He was given a $500,000/10% bond and ordered to wear a GPS tether. His next court date is scheduled for Aug. 17.
Authorities have not released any details about the alleged assault of his ex-wife or what prompted the unlawful imprisonment charge.
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