A prisoner transport driver is facing kidnapping charges after abandoning mid-ride with a van full of prisoners, police say.
Joshua James Pinquet, 21, allegedly texted his resignation to his boss around 9 a.m. Tuesday while driving four inmates through North Carolina on their way to Florida, the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office said.
The unnamed inmate transportation company had been contracted by several law enforcement agencies across the country to transport inmates to and from various detention centers.
Joshua James Pinquet was charged with kidnapping for allegedly refusing to hand over the van full of inmates.
In a chain of messages, Pinquet stated that he was “refusing to stop at the intended destination with the prisoners” in Hickory, North Carolina, a city 60 miles northwest of Charlotte.
Along with the four inmates locked in the loading area, a co-worker from the transportation company was trapped in the van due to Pinquet’s alleged accident.
Officers easily detained Pinquet on Interstate 40 outside Hickory and secured the four inmates.
The van containing the four inmates was intercepted on the highway outside Hickory, North Carolina, where Pinquet refused to stop. Tribune News Service via Getty Images
The inmates were turned over to other employees of the transportation company and continued to their destinations in Florida, the sheriff’s office said.
Pinquet was charged with five counts of second-degree felony kidnapping and felony larceny by an employee.
He is being held without bond at the Iredell County Detention Center.
Categories: Trending
Source: vtt.edu.vn