PITTSBURGH — A Wilkinsburg man is facing charges in connection with an alleged kidnapping.
According to Pittsburgh police, 34-year-old Jermaine Turner kidnapped a woman he knew between Tuesday and Wednesday.
Police say Turner drove the woman to a bank to withdraw money, but she told employees to call police. Turner allegedly fled, and the woman was taken to a hospital with severe facial injuries.
Detectives arrested Turner in the 7300 block of Monticello Street on Friday afternoon. Police say he had a gun on him at the time.
Turner is charged with aggravated assault, unlawful restraint, robbery, robbery of a motor vehicle, terroristic threats, simple assault, persons not to possess a firearm and receiving stolen property.
He’s being held at the Allegheny County Jail, and online court records show he’s been denied bail.
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