A 23-year-old man who allegedly assaulted and abducted a Perris resident was charged Friday with kidnapping to commit robbery and other offenses.
Jaden I. Ross of Riverside was arrested Wednesday following a roughly weeklong Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation.
Along with the kidnapping count, Ross is charged with assault resulting in great bodily injury and a sentence-enhancing allegation of threatening violence.
The defendant, who is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta, was slated to make his initial court appearance Friday afternoon at the Riverside Hall of Justice.
According to sheriff’s Sgt. Chad Thompson, the alleged abduction occurred in the predawn hours of May 27.
Thompson said patrol deputies were called to a residence in the 29000 block of Placentia Avenue, near Eureka Street, to investigate reports of a person in distress.
Thompson said that deputies encountered the victim, who alleged he had been forcibly taken from one location to another.
“The victim was able to escape the alleged captor and, with the help of a citizen, call 911,” the sergeant said. “The suspect had already fled the scene.”
Over the ensuing days, further investigation led to the identification of Ross as the alleged kidnapper, according to Thompson.
The defendant was tracked to a property on Magnolia Avenue in Riverside, where he was taken into custody without incident at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Details regarding how Ross and the victim were acquainted, if at all, and why the victim was allegedly targeted were not provided, nor was the victim’s identity disclosed.
Ross has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.