KINGSTON - A Virginia man, who is homeless according to City of Kingston police, was arrested Aug. 20 after he allegedly kidnapped a 14-year-old child in Maryland and then drove that child to Kingston.

Police did not say whether the child was a boy or a girl.

Kingston police said it is alleged that the suspect, Omar Gutierrez Sanchez, 24, of Virginia, took the 14-year-old against the victim's will from the area of Baltimore, Md., and then drove the victim to Kingston.

Sanchez refused multiple requests from the victim and the victim's family to return the child or let the child leave.

They were found together in Kingston, where Sanchez was arrested.

Police said Sanchez and the child are not unknown to each other, but there is no family or other close relationship between them.

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