UPDATE: St. Clair Shores man in custody after allegedly kidnapping estranged wife
A St. Clair Shores man is in custody after allegedly kidnapping and imprisoning his estranged wife from an East China Township home.
Gabriel Charles Wagner, 52, surrendered to authorities at about 10 p.m. Wednesday in Findlay, Ohio, after allegedly barricading himself and his wife in a hotel room, St. Clair County Sheriff Mat King said.
King said the woman was released to authorities with non-life-threatening injuries and transported to a local hospital at about 9 p.m.
Wagner is in custody at the Hancock County Jail, King said Thursday morning. St. Clair County Sheriff detectives and Findlay Police are conducting interviews and working to extradite him on felony warrants for unlawful imprisonment, assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, and aggravated domestic violence.
Wagner may also face charges in Ohio that stemmed from the incident.
The incident was first reported about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday when a 47-year-old East China man called 911. He told police he was assaulted by Wagner in his driveway off Point Drive and was seriously injured.
The man told police Wagner forced his estranged wife into a 2007 black Honda Accord and fled the area.
Several area addresses were checked as well as Wagner’s house in St. Clair Shores with no sign of the him or his vehicle, according to the sheriff department.
This article originally appeared on Port Huron Times Herald: UPDATE: St. Clair Shores man in custody after allegedly kidnapping estranged wife
