GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY — A 51-year-old man from Benzie County was taken into custody Saturday morning after an attempted abduction at a Meijer gas station in Garfield Township.

According to a Nov. 23 news release from the Michigan State Police (Seventh District), the call came in around 8:30 a.m., reporting an attempted abduction in the parking lot of the gas station at 3965 US 31. The suspect left the scene before law enforcement arrived.

Dispatch issued a be on the lookout for the suspect vehicle and its last known direction of travel. Troopers from the Michigan State Police and deputies from the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Department searched the area.

At approximately 10:05 a.m., a deputy found the suspect vehicle south of town near Chums Corners. A traffic stop was made, and a m

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