Man wanted for kidnapping ex-girlfriend

MARSHALL – A man is wanted after police said he kidnapped his ex-girlfriend in Marshall on Saturday, before fleeing to Louisiana. According to our news partner – KETK – and Marshall police, dispatch received a call requesting a welfare check at a property in the 1300 block of East Pinecrest Drive at around 7:29 a.m. Officers responding to the scene, met a woman, who said she had just been kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend.
Officers determined the woman had escaped from her ex-boyfriend, who fled from the scene before they arrived. Police identified the ex-boyfriend as Jamichael Brown.

Brown’s vehicle was later found abandoned in Greenwood, La. Marshall police joined with the Joint Harrison County Violent Crime and Narcotics Task Force, the Waskom Police Department, the Greenwood Police Department, and the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office to conduct a joint search of the area near his vehicle, but were unable to locate Brown.

He’s wanted for prior warrants on charges of violation of bond conditions and assault of a pregnant woman, along with a new warrant for aggravated kidnapping, which was secured by Marshall police on Saturday.

Police said Brown should be considered armed and dangerous and they’ve asked the public not to approach him. Anyone with information is asked to call the Marshall Police Department Criminal Investigation Division at 903-935-4575.