22-year-old accused of assaulting elderly man, kidnapping young woman in Newport News arrested in Maryland
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and last updated 2021-07-23 21:00:15-04
Newport News Police announced Friday that 22-year-old Kevin Lee Bethea was taken into custody in the 1100 block of Key Parkway in Frederick, Maryland, around 4:42 p.m. He was arrested without incident, authorities say.
Bethea has been charged with malicious wounding, robbery, abduction by force and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
According to officials, these charges stem from a recent brutal assault and robbery on an 83-year-old Newport News man on July 9.
The charges were also a result of the kidnapping of a 21-year-old woman on July 7. The woman was able to get away.
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