Knife-wielding man holds woman captive in Highland home
A man who held a woman at knifepoint inside her Highland home late Sunday was arrested outside the residence, sheriff's officials said.
Lavelle Barnes, 20, entered a home in the 26000 block of Base Line Road at 9:10 p.m. and held the victim against her will, San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies said.
The victim tried to escape Barnes by locking him out of the home, but he kicked in the door and began breaking furniture inside the house.
Sheriff's officials said when a neighbor tried to call 9-1-1, Barnes twisted the woman's arm behind her back and threw the phone. He ran from the home before deputies arrived, but deputies spotted him walking near the residence.
He was arrested on suspicion of burglary, robbery and false imprisonment and booked into Central Detention Center in San Bernardino.
melissa.pinion-whitt@inlandnewspapers.com
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