Crime & Safety
Chilling Video Of Kidnapping May Have Saved Arcadia Woman's Life: Police
An Arcadia home's doorbell video shows a woman being chased and dragged away. Police say it was a kidnapping and attempted murder.
ARCADIA (CBSLA) — Police have arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder and kidnapping after video captured on a doorbell security system allegedly caught him violently dragging a woman away from the door as she screams.
The brutal attack happened late Sunday night just before midnight in Arcadia. A woman can be seen running up to a house trying to call for help. As soon as the man in the video approaches the woman, she begins to scream and the man drags her away to a nearby home. Police said they believe the man in the video is Michael Mendez, an estranged ex-boyfriend of the woman.