A Winnipeg man is in custody in Minnesota after allegedly falsely reporting an abduction.
Police in Alexandria, Minn. said they were notified of an abduction involving a weapon in Winnipeg on Saturday.
In a social media post later that day, North Dakota Highway Patrol said they identified a suspect vehicle and tracked it through the state and into Minnesota. North Dakota police initially said a man escaped the vehicle and took refuge in a nearby store.
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On Monday, police in Minnesota said the reported kidnapping was fake.
Officers located the suspect vehicle, described as a white car with a black bumper. Officers said two adult men were in the vehicle.
A 37-year-old man admitted to having falsely reported a kidnapping, according to a news release from Alexandria Police Department Chief Scott Kent.
Kent said the two men were known to each other.
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“While the reported abduction was ultimately determined to be false, law enforcement agencies responded based on the information available at the time and treated the report with the seriousness required when a person’s safety may be at risk,” Lieutenant Jenna Clawson Huibregtse, with the North Dakota Highway Patrol, said in an update Monday afternoon.
No weapons were located during the investigation.
The investigation was assisted by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, the Minnesota State Patrol and the FBI.
The man is being held in Douglas County.
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