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Troopers make kidnapping arrest in Upshur County

A man is in custody after being arrested in West Virginia in connection with an alleged kidnapping in Illinois.

David Tapia was arrested Friday in Tennerton, W.Va., and charged with kidnapping and intimidating a witness.

State troopers arrested David Tapia, 46, in Upshur County Friday at a house along Route 20 in Tennerton. He’s charged with kidnapping and intimidating a witness.

Police said the young girl he allegedly kidnapped was found in the area with another man. The girl is safe and that man is also in custody.

Tapia’s bail was set at $250,000. He’s in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail.





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