TECHNOLOGY HELPS SHERIFF’S OFFICE STOP KIDNAPPING

  

With the help of modern technology, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office was able to locate and stop a kidnapping vehicle early this morning.

Washington County Sheriff Otto Hanak reports that this (Thursday) morning at approximately 2:00 a.m., sheriff’s deputies were notified of a kidnapping that had occurred in Houston. Investigators with the Houston Police Department advised that the suspect’s vehicle was heading southbound into Washington County and requested assistance in stopping the vehicle. Sheriff Hanak stated that the suspect’s mother provided dispatchers with location information for the vehicle using an iPhone app. HPD investigators were also pinging the suspect’s phone.

At 2:45 AM, sheriff’s deputies conducted a felony traffic stop in the 2000 block of Old Independence Road. A female driver, a male passenger, and the male victim occupied the vehicle.  The driver along with the nine-year-old victim were released to Houston PD investigators while the passenger was released at the scene.