FORSYTH, Ga. — A Monroe County man was arrested in a possible kidnapping of a woman from a home on Towaliga Trail in Forsyth near High Falls.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a possible kidnapping just before 7 p.m. after witnesses saw Jerry Davenport arguing with a woman before dragging her into the woods.
The witnesses believed Davenport had a weapon and called 911.
The Georgia State Patrol helicopter unit and Monroe County deputies searched the area.
The woman was found safe and unharmed at a home on Mayfield Road in Forsyth just after 9 p.m., about a mile from the Towaliga Trail. Sheriff Brad Freeman said she had bruises but no serious injuries.
Davenport was taken into custody and was charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault.
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