RED SPRINGS — A 25-year-old Red Springs man is in the county jail without bond after being charged with kidnapping and child abuse.
According to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office, Brent Sanderson had arranged to meet a former girlfriend at about 9:30 p.m. Friday at Thunder Valley Oasis Store in the area of the 3400 block of Old Lowery Road. According to a statement from the Sheriff’s Office, when the two met they supposedly were to have a discussion about their children, but Sanderson forced the woman into a white jeep and fled the store. The statement said the woman, who was not identified, had an infant child in her arms.
Their older child already was in Sanderson’s vehicle.
Sanderson was arrested about 3:30 a.m. Saturday by Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division personnel. Sanderson was charged with second-degree kidnapping charge is second-degree and misdemeanor child abuse.
The Scotland County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the investigation.
