COHUTTA, Ga. (AP) – Authorities in Florida said they arrested a Tennessee man accused of abducting an Uber driver, who jumped out of the moving car in Georgia.
Christopher C. Miller of Cleveland, Tennessee, was arrested Monday and charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, hijacking a motor vehicle, aggravated assault and possession of a knife, news outlets reported.
Miller was wanted in the abduction of 26-year-old Carolina Vargas, who was forced to drive from Tennessee to Georgia at knifepoint, authorities said.
Last week, Vargas picked Miller up in Nashville during an Uber trip and drove him to a Cleveland hotel, Cohutta police in Georgia said.
Miller told Vargas his semitrailer broke down in Nashville and he asked her to drive him back to his truck Friday, which she agreed to, police said.