Update: Alexandria Police Make Arrest in Abduction and Assault

FROM ALEXANDRIA CITY POLICE: 

ALEXANDRIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
3600 WHEELER AVENUE
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 22304
703-746-6600

NEWS RELEASE
APRIL 11, 2012 #12-015
10:00 P.M. DONALDSON

Update:  Alexandria Police Make Arrest in Abduction and Assault

Alexandria Police have arrested James Savage Click, 23, of no fixed address, for the abduction and assault that occurred around 6:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 10 in the 2200 block of Mill Road.  He has been charged with two counts of abduction and two counts of felonious assault and is being held at the Alexandria Adult Detention Center.

On Tuesday evening, two females were responding to an advertisement for a rental apartment when they were grabbed and pulled into a vacant building.  The two victims were physically assaulted but were able to fight back and escape out of the building. 

Police were called and officers on the Special Operations Team and the K-9 unit searched the building with negative results.

The two victims were taken to a nearby hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries.

The suspect is described as white, 20 to 30 years old, with a tall, thin build.  He had dark colored hair pulled back into a ponytail.  He was wearing a long black coat with black pants.  

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Criminal Investigations Section of the Alexandria Police Department at 703.746.6711.

Detectives would like to remind witnesses that they can remain anonymous.