Ogden kidnapping report leads to police chase, arrest of fugitive
Pictured in this 2016 mugshot is Emanuel Carranza, 30, who was booked into the Weber County jail Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, on charges of aggravated assault, violation of probation or parole, and failure to stop or respond on command of police.
Emanuel Carranza, 30, is pictured in this 2016 mugshot from the Weber County jail.
OGDEN — An alleged kidnapping attempt Friday night led to a police chase that ended in Clinton with the arrest of a parole fugitive from Weber County.
Ogden police responded to an aggravated kidnapping report at the Walmart on Wall Avenue about 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, according to a Facebook post from the police department.
“The victim was able to get away and the suspect fled in a vehicle,” the post said. Police began following the suspect, traveling into Davis County.
The chase ended in Clinton after the suspect drove onto a dead-end road near 1400 N. 2900 West. Police said the driver was then taken into custody “without incident” and has since been identified as a reportedly “armed and dangerous” parole fugitive, Emanuel Carranza.
According to previous reporting by the Standard-Examiner, Carranza was arrested in June 2016 on a charge of aggravated assault in connection with a gang-related shooting in Ogden that ended with SWAT response.
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Carranza is now booked at the Weber County jail on charges of aggravated assault, violation of probation or parole, and failure to stop or respond at command of police, according to the inmate roster.
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