Five suspects in custody after teen boy kidnapped while walking down Woodstock, Ont. street
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Five people, including a suspect from Alberta, are in custody after a 15-year-old boy was kidnapped on Thursday morning and was later abandoned in the middle of a field.
Five people, including a suspect from Alberta, are in custody after a 15-year-old boy was kidnapped on Thursday morning and was later abandoned in the middle of a field.
According to the Woodstock Police Service, at approximately 2 p.m. on Thursday, police received reports pertaining to a weapons related incident.
Through the investigation, police learned that at approximately 10:50 a.m. that morning, a 15-year-old boy was walking southbound on Fyfe Avenue near Pavey Street when a white Chevrolet Equinox approached.
Occupants of the vehicle began talking to the boy, when one suspect got out of the vehicle, grabbed the victim, and threw him into the back seat.
The suspects then drove to the area of Upper Thames Drive and met with additional suspects in a red/orange SUV. Police said the suspects stole a vehicle from the victim's home, and then abandoned the victim in a field in the area of 43rd Line and Oxford Road 17.
The victim was taken to hospital for assessment.
On Thursday, OPP in Middlesex County recovered the stolen vehicle and arrested the driver.
