Alert bystanders

helped Fayetteville police collar a kidnapping suspect who attacked an

employee at the Brass Hangar dry cleaning store on Ga. Highway 54 West

Monday morning, police said.

Witnesses heard

the victim screaming and called 911, following the suspect as he drove

away in a brown van, police said.

The suspect,

Dwayne Anthony Lindsey of Fayetteville, was arrested minutes after the

incident on New Hope Circle just north of Fayetteville, according to police.

He is charged with felony kidnapping (criminal attempt) and misdemeanor

counts of battery, simple battery and possession of marijuana (less than

one ounce).

Lindsey is

being held at the Fayette County Jail awaiting a bond hearing before a

Superior Court Judge, which is required because of the kidnapping charge.

According to

police, Lindsey entered the store after 10 a.m. and handed the victim

a note, police said. Records indicate the note "told her to go with

him."

Lindsey then

went behind the counter and grabbed the victim around the neck, police

said, pulling her to the side door of the business where she was able

to get away from him.

The victim

was injured when she fell, suffering scrapes to her elbow and ankle, according

to reports. Her lip was also injured when Lindsey grabbed her around the

neck, reports said.

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