ANCHORAGE — A warrant has been issued for a 25-year-old man suspected of kidnapping.
Anchorage police are looking for Brendon Wesley Adam Valdez.
Police said a man at 9 p.m. Sunday picked up a hitchhiker, Valdez, near 36th Avenue in west Anchorage.
He told police he drove Valdez to several locations and picked up a third man.
Police said Valdez pulled a gun on the driver, ordered him into the passenger seat, drove around town for several hours and released the man unharmed early Monday.
Police obtained a warrant charging Valdez with kidnapping, robbery, assault, vehicle theft and theft.
Police said the victim’s car, a white Ford coupe with license plate GRK103, remains missing.
Valdez is also being sought on two unrelated felony warrants for probation violations.
