A 47-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly assaulted a woman and kidnapped her, according to the Aurora Police Department.
Middell Harper was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and second-degree assault, Aurora police said Wednesday. The woman he allegedly kidnapped was found safe.
The Aurora Police Department issued an alert on social media Tuesday about a possible assault and kidnapping that occurred Friday when a witness reported a man armed with a gun “violently assaulted” a woman and forced her into a rented Dodge Charger near Shawnee Street and East 42nd Avenue, just east of Denver’s Green Valley Ranch neighborhood, at around 10:30 p.m. Friday.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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