A gun-wielding maniac is behind bars after he allegedly kidnapped an aged Arizona lady whose boyfriend was discovered useless after a terrifying house invasion that led police on an hours-long manhunt.
Rynn Prairie-Rocca, 37, was arrested Saturday afternoon after a 75-year-old lady reported that she was taken from her Pearce house by a masked gunman round 3 p.m. on Friday, in response to the Cochise County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Police stated Prairie-Rocca was sporting a ski masks and darkish clothes when he entered a workshop close to the again of the sufferer’s home and compelled her inside her house at gunpoint.
He then restrained and blindfolded the senior sufferer earlier than shoving her into the backseat of her automotive and driving off, cops stated.
The girl advised deputies that she heard a number of loud noises in her home, which she shared along with her 67-year-old companion, shortly after being restrained.
The sufferer managed to flee from the automotive and flee to a close-by residence the place she known as the police simply after 8 p.m.
The girl, who suffered minor accidents and was handled at a neighborhood hospital, requested deputies to inform her boyfriend of the scenario, stated police, who later discovered the person’s lifeless physique inside their house.
The person’s title has not been launched.
Authorities took Prairie-Rocca, who was shirtless, into custody after a barricade incident Saturday morning close to Catclaw Highway and Arizona Freeway 181, roughly 50 miles north of the Arizona-Mexico border.
The scenario left neighboring residents sheltering in place for practically three hours, police stated.
“Thank you to all of the responding agencies for their dedication and professionalism to bring this incident to a successful conclusion,” Sheriff Mark J. Dannels stated.
Prairie-Rocca is being held on the Cochise County Jail.
