By Kristi Golden
Jul 23, 2021 | 6:42 PM
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) – Friday afternoon, the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Task Force, along with the Sioux Falls Police
Department, apprehended Alexander Felipe Andrade near the 1500 block of West Russell St.
Andrade was wanted in connection with a kidnapping that happened Sunday at Oakwood Lakes north of Brookings. Police had arrested Ashle Elizabeth Heier of Brookings on Tuesday for her alleged role in the kidnapping and on four counts of harboring or concealing a criminal, parole violations, and drug charges.
Andrade is being held in the Minnehaha County Jail from charges stemming out of Brookings County for Kidnapping, 3 counts of Aggravated Assault, and 2 counts of Intentional Damage to Property.
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A man wanted for a kidnapping in Brookings County has been arrested, according to the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office.
Alexander Felipe Andrade, 23, was arrested Friday near the 1500 block of West Russell Street in a coordinated operation between the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Task Force, along with the Sioux Falls Police Department, according the sheriff s statement.
Andrade is accused of trying to kidnap a 22-year-old Sioux Falls woman on July 18 at about 4:20 a.m. near Oakwood State Park, according to the Brookings County Sheriff’s Department.
The victim was sitting in a car with two friends, when Andrade allegedly drove up in a blue Jeep, according to the Brookings County Sheriff’s Department. He allegedly got out of the Jeep with a machete and then began to swing it around, striking the car.