Man arrested after allegedly kidnapping woman at Michael Bloomberg's Colorado ranch
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Authorities have arrested a man who allegedly kidnapped a woman at gunpoint at a ranch belonging to former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Rio Blanco County sheriff's office said. The woman is safe, the sheriff's office said.
According to court documents, the suspect, 48-year-old Joseph Beecher, rammed his vehicle through a gate at the ranch around 10 a.m. local time on Wednesday. Security footage showed he exited his vehicle, examined the locked gate and returned to his vehicle, then accelerated toward the gate and rammed through it.
The woman is an employee at the ranch, and she told authorities she had been at work, inspecting a closet, when the suspect allegedly came up behind her and asked who she was. She told authorities that when she turned around, an unknown man was pointing a "black machine gun" in her face.
