Crime & Safety

Man Wanted in Highland Park for Kidnapping Arrested in Racine

Highland Park police had alerted Racine, WI police that a woman may have been taken there against her will by an abusive ex-boyfriend.

A Buffalo Grove man was arrested Sunday night on top of a parking garage in Racine, WI after Highland Park police said he may have kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and brought her there, according to an article in the Journal Times.

Samuel B. Jackson, 32, was arrested after Highland Park police said they believed a 30-year-old woman had been kidnapped by Jackson, who was her abusive ex-boyfriend and had previously threatened to kill her and throw her in the lake, the article states.

You can read the full Journal Times article here.

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