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On Monday, Jan. 16 around 8 p.m., state police in Connecticut were told of an active kidnapping that had happened in Springfield and were alerted that the suspect's gold Chevy Malibu with a temporary license plate was traveling south on I-91 toward Hartford County.
State troopers then found the vehicle on I-91 southbound just before Exit 36 in Windsor and pulled it over. Inside the car, police determined that the vehicle's adult passenger was the victim who had originally reported the kidnapping, and arrested the driver, identified as 25-year-old Willie Avery Campbell of Hartford.
Campbell is charged with:
- Third-degree assault;
- Second-degree kidnapping;
- Second-degree unlawful restraint;
- Operating a motor vehicle without minimal insurance;
- Operating an unregistered motor vehicle;
- Operating without a license.
Campbell is currently held on a $100,000 bond and was taken to Hartford Correctional Center. He was arraigned at Hartford Superior Court on Tuesday, Jan, 17.
The victim who was allegedly kidnapped by Campbell was evaluated by emergency responders but declined to go to a hospital for their injuries.
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