Crime & Safety
Man Enters Mtn. View Woman's Home In Kidnapping Attempt: Police
A 33-year-old man is accused of breaking into a woman's Mountain View home and trying to force her to drive him away in her own car.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — A man was arrested early Tuesday morning in connection with a kidnapping attempt in Mountain View late Monday night, according to police.
The suspect, 33-year-old Jeremiah Porter, is alleged to have broken into the home of a 53-year-old woman on Montelena Court around 10:30 p.m. Monday. After ringing the doorbell numerous times, he burst in and tried to force her into her own vehicle to help him flee the area, police said.
The woman was able to get free from the man, who grabbed her by the neck and told her "he needed to flee the area", and ran to a neighbor's house. Police said Porter was unable to drive the woman's car and fled the scene.
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Later, at about 3:13 a.m. Tuesday, police received a report of a man throwing rocks at windows and yelling in the same area of the reported attempted kidnapping.
Police arrived to find Porter on top of a carport. With help of a Mountain View Fire Department ladder, he was taken down and placed into custody after the victim identified him as the attempted kidnapping suspect.
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According to police, Porter told him during an interview that he had spoken to residents in the area, and now police wish to speak to anyone who has talked to him between Friday evening and early Tuesday.
Anyone who spoke to Porter or who has more information on the case is asked to call Mountain View police Detective Matt Atkins at Matthew.atkins@mountainview.gov.
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