EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A Eugene man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of the kidnapping and sexual abuse of a woman, police said.
Eugene Police Department spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin said police were called to an incident just before 3:30 p.m. in which Stewart Forney allegedly dragged a woman at knifepoint to a vehicle and was forcing her to give him her keys.
The woman was screaming and several people intervened before Forney released the woman and fled, McLaughlin said.
Bystanders then helped police locate the man in an apartment. Police dogs and a crisis negotiation team arrived and after police received consent to enter the apartment, Forney was arrested, she said.
Forney complained of a medical issue, police said, and officers accompanied him during his transport to a hospital for evaluation and treatment. After he was released, police took him to Lane County Jail on charges including robbery, burglary, sex abuse, kidnapping and others.
It wasn’t immediately known if Forney has a lawyer to comment on his case.
Forney was also found to be a fugitive from justice out of New York, police said.
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