A 22-year-old Eunice man is in police custody after being arrested on a warrant for kidnapping and armed robbery.
On July 14, 2021, Caleb W. Edwards approached a woman, pointed a handgun, and demanded that she get out of her vehicle. She did and the suspect drove off in her vehicle, according to Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot. The victim's one-year-old child was in the backseat of the car.
After driving several blocks through the city, Edwards crashed the vehicle into a utility pole and fled on foot, leaving the child in the back seat, Fontenot stated. The child was not injured.
Edwards was arrested on a warrant on August 6, 2021, on charges of aggravated kidnapping, armed robbery, failure to report an auto accident, criminal damage to property.
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