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Lafourche authorities got a call April 27 from a Bayou Blue woman who said she had been kidnapped from her front porch, taken against her will and had jumped from the man’s vehicle to escape.
The woman was on her front porch when her alleged kidnapper – 56-year-old Brian Charles of Houma – drove up in black car, Lafourche sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Brennan Matherne said. When she approached the passenger-side door, he allegedly grabbed her and forced her inside the car, and sped away, the spokesman said.
Charles reportedly took the 20-something woman’s phone to prevent her from calling for help, Matherne said. She was able to grab it back and jump from the car in to the road, he said. Matherne said Charles drove off, leaving the woman stranded.
Deputies got a warrant for Charles’ arrest; he already had an outstanding warrant for not vaccinating his horses as required by state law.
Houma Police arrested Charles last Wednesday. He is charged with simple kidnapping and failure to vaccinate horses. Bond is set at $22,500.
