Barrow County

Authorities capture Barrow County kidnapping suspect

BARROW COUNTY, Ga. — A Walton County man accused of kidnapping and carjacking an elderly woman has been captured Monday morning.

Channel 2's Audrey Washington was at the scene as authorities arrested John Calhoun.

The Walton County Sheriff's Office said an 81-year-old woman was kidnapped from her home Sunday afternoon in Walton County and put in the trunk of a car.

Investigators were able to track the woman's cellphone to locate her. She said she did not remember anything related to her kidnapping.

Investigators said John Calhoun was at a home in Monroe.

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“We received a call that he was at that residence, as deputies were in route, he left. The deputies gave chase and came down to this street crashed into some trees and he's been arrested,” Walton Co. Sheriff Joe Chapman said.

The truck he was in was stolen from a construction worker in Barrow County, according to authorities.

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