Elmira Man Arrested After Kidnapping Woman And Her Son

[TTL News 308]

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SOUTH WAVERLY, Pa. (WETM) — An Elmira man was arrested on Sunday in Bradford County after police say he broke into a woman’s apartment and assaulted her before attempting to take her and her son to Philadelphia by force. 

According to the Athens Township Police Department, 47-year-old Damion Lamar Gooden was arrested on several felony charges on Sunday after police arrested him when they pulled over the vehicle he was driving Sunday morning.

The document states that around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 21, Gooden broke into the apartment of the victims, a woman, and her 13-year-old son, and assaulted her by punching her in the face and kicking her in the chest.

The victim told police that she was dragged into the living room by her hair and was tied up in a kitchen chair with a shoelace and a phone charger. She added that Gooden had a large kitchen knife in his hand and repeatedly told her, “this is faster than my fist” several times.

 

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