NEWS MOBILE APP ONE PERSON HAS ANY CUSTODY TONIGHT AFTER LEADING LAW ENFORCEMENT ON A CHASE ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY IT ENDED AFTER THE SUSPECT SLAM THROUGH A FENCE IN FRONT OF HOMES, WESTCHESTER. IS LIVE FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE WITH THE DETAILS TONIGHT AND TONIGHT THIS ALL STARTED WITH A 911 CALL. WHAT HAPPENED? SOMEONE CALLED BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY SAW A MAN HIT A WOMAN AND THEN DRAG HER INTO A WHITE VAN BEFORE TAKING OFF ON INTERNATIONAL DRIVE THAT ACCORDING TO ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WHEN DEPUTIES SAW THE VAN THEY WENT AFTER IT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IT WAS A KIDNAPPING. I WAS WORKING ON A MOWER AND MY BOSS’S BACKYARD AND I HEAR CRASH PEOPLE IN PARAMORE ARE THANKFUL. EVERYONE IS OKAY AFTER A VAN SLAMMED INTO A FENCE NEAR THEIR HOMES. I HONESTLY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. I THOUGHT IT WAS A DRUNK DRIVER OR SOMEBODY GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT, BUT YOU KNOW, LET’S JUST CRAZY AFTER SHANE ULTIMO HEARD THE BIG BOOM. HE SAYS MINUTES LATER LAW ENFORCEMENT SWARMED THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I JUST THOUGHT SOMEBODY GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT AND THEN I LOOK OVER IN THE FENCE IS DOWN AND GUYS INSIDE YARD OFFICIALS SAY SOMEONE CALLED 911 BEFORE 4PM FRIDAY AND SAID THEY SAW A MAN HIT A WOMAN DRAG HER INTO A WHITE VAN AND THEN TAKE OFF ALL ALONG INTERNATIONAL DRIVE NEAR SAMOAN COURT DEPUTIES WENT AFTER THE VAN BELIEVING IT WAS A POSSIBLE KIDNAPPING THE CHASE ENDED IN PARAMORE NEAR LEE AVENUE IN SOUTH STREET AFTER THE VAN CRASHED INTO A FENCE THEY HAD CANINES OUT. THEY HAD A DRONE AT ONE POINT. IT WAS CRAZY CHOPPERS WHO CAPTURED THE MOMENTS WHEN ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES ORLANDO POLICE AND STATE TROOPERS. ROUND OF THE VAN AT ONE POINT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS SEEN POINTING GUNS AT IT BEFORE BREAKING THE WINDOWS OFFICIALS. SAY ONE PERSON CAME OUT AND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THE VAN WAS CLEARED AND NO VICTIM WAS FOUND INSIDE. FOR WAITING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SUSPECT AND WHAT THEIR POSSIBLE CHARGES WILL BE, BUT WE ARE TOLD THEY HAVE A WARRANT OUT FOR CARJACKING OUT OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION REPORTI
Suspect in custody after kidnapping investigation in Orange County
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Updated: 11:15 AM EST Jan 30, 2023
One suspect is in custody after police received a call about a kidnapping.The suspect led deputies on a chase across Orange County, which ended in Parramore.Just before 4 p.m. Friday, deputies say they received a 911 call from someone on International Drive saying they saw a man hit a woman and drag her into a white van. Deputies saw the van, which fled and a pursuit followed as deputies believed a kidnapping had taken place. The van crashed into a fence, and the driver fled on foot. Law enforcement had guns drawn, pointing at the van."I honestly didn't know what it was. I thought it was a drunk driver or somebody got into a car accident but you know it's just crazy," witness Shane Ultimo said. "I just thought somebody got into an accident and then I look over and the fence is down and the is inside."Orange County Sheriff deputies, Orlando Police and State Troopers surrounded the van. At one point law enforcement broke the van's back windows. Officials say one person came out and was taken into custody. The van was cleared and no victim was found inside. The suspect was later identified as 26-year-old Akie Horace Milton Black.He was arrested by OCSO for fleeing and eluding, leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, reckless driving and resisting an officer without violence.Top headlines:Police negotiator recalls talking down woman suspected of killing husband at Daytona Beach hospitalMother sues Orange County Public Schools over alleged volunteer ban for OnlyFans accountTerrifying video shows Amazon delivery driver robbed at gunpoint in Orange CountyVolusia sheriff: Business owner charged with molestation; effort to ensure there aren’t more victims
Orange County, FL, USA — One suspect is in custody after police received a call about a kidnapping.
The suspect led deputies on a chase across Orange County, which ended in Parramore.
Just before 4 p.m. Friday, deputies say they received a 911 call from someone on International Drive saying they saw a man hit a woman and drag her into a white van.
Deputies saw the van, which fled and a pursuit followed as deputies believed a kidnapping had taken place.
The van crashed into a fence, and the driver fled on foot. Law enforcement had guns drawn, pointing at the van.
"I honestly didn't know what it was. I thought it was a drunk driver or somebody got into a car accident but you know it's just crazy," witness Shane Ultimo said. "I just thought somebody got into an accident and then I look over and the fence is down and the [suspect] is inside."
Orange County Sheriff deputies, Orlando Police and State Troopers surrounded the van.
At one point law enforcement broke the van's back windows.
Officials say one person came out and was taken into custody. The van was cleared and no victim was found inside.
The suspect was later identified as 26-year-old Akie Horace Milton Black.
He was arrested by OCSO for fleeing and eluding, leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, reckless driving and resisting an officer without violence.
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