A Peachtree

City man was arrested last week for kidnapping his girlfriend at knifepoint

from his residence at the Summit Apartments.

According to

police, Joseph Sumbry, 31, forced the victim into her car with a boxcutter-type

knife Wednesday, Jan. 16. A lookout was placed for the vehicle and police

spotted it coming back into Peachtree City on Ga. Highway 54 West near

the entrance to Wynnmeade subdivision, said Maj. Mike DuPree of the Peachtree

City Police Department.

Officers stopped

the vehicle and Sumbry complied as officers placed him into custody, DuPree

said.

The victim

was not seriously injured, according to a police report.

Sumbry was

charged with kidnapping, battery and two counts of cruelty to children

in the second degree.

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