UPDATED: Authorities Arrest Man in Alleged Kidnapping in Spring Lake Park

Update (5:56 p.m.): Authorities have arrested a man charged in an alleged kidnapping they say took place Tuesday in the 300 block of 81st Avenue NE, Spring Lake Park—just a block from Fridley.

According to a tweet at 5:55 p.m. from the Anoka County Sheriff's Office:

Kidnap Suspect William Kelo Hammac was arrested in a car at Maryland & Bradley in St. Paul. Taken without incident and in route to jail.

Update (6:12 p.m.): The reported location of the arrest is a little more than a mile east of what the sheriff's office said was the suspect's last known address on Geranium Avenue in St. Paul.

A sheriff's office spokesman said the arrest took place at 5:50 p.m.

Original post (5:40 p.m.): The suspect, William John Kelo Hammac, 31, knows that law enforcement is after him. The public should consider him "extremely dangerous" and should not approach him, according to a release from tthe Anoka County Sheriff's Office: 

Anybody with any information as to his location is asked to call the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office at (763) 427-1212. If a member of the public sees Hammac, they should call 911 immediately.

According to the release, the adult female victim

reported being abducted from her home and robbed by a male she had previously met on the internet dating site, www.plentyoffish.com. The attack took place on 12-20-11 at approximately 0640 hrs.

The complainant reported that the suspect made contact with her on the dating site about three weeks ago. She stated that the two of them had corresponded via Email, text messaging and phone many times and that she agreed to meet him at her Spring Lake Park home on 12-20-11.  The suspect reportedly arrived at the complainant’s home around 0100hrs and he stated that he would like to watch a movie. The complainant reported that after about 15 minutes in the home, the suspect made sexual advances towards her and she indicated she wasn’t interested. After a short time, she asked him to leave and he also indicated that he should go. The complainant went to sleep, but was awakened at approximately 0645 hrs by the suspect who stuck her in the head and ordered her to the ground. The suspect was armed with a knife.  The complainant was secured with duct tape and was placed in the trunk of her own car that was parked in her unattached garage. The complainant was screaming for help, and her mouth was then duct taped shut. The suspect returned to the vehicle, opening the trunk and assaulted the complainant a second time as “punishment” for trying to get help. The complainant suffered non-life threatening knife wounds.

The complainant was left in the trunk an unknown amount of time while the suspect drove the vehicle. The vehicle made several stops along the way. At one point, the suspect allows the complainant out of the trunk, gives her his coat and cuts her duct tape off her wrists. The suspect informed the victim she was in St. Paul and tells her not to call the police. He states he has her house key and he will return to her home and kill her and her child if she contacts law enforcement.  The complainant was allowed to drive her vehicle away and the suspect ran from the area. The complainant found her way home and drove to her place of employment to use the telephone to contact police. The complainant’s cell phone was stolen from her and she did not have a home telephone land line.  The complainant found that the suspect had taken electronics and other items of property from her home, including wrapped and unwrapped presents she had purchased for her loved ones.              

The suspect had removed his profile from the dating website, the sheriff's office said, but law enforcement personnel were able to recover it. The arrest warrant carries charges of kidnapping, first degree burglary, second degree assault and making terroristic threats.

“This is yet another reminder for people not to put themselves at unnecessary risk," said Sheriff James Stuart in the release. “This is yet another reminder for people not to put themselves at unnecessary risk. Follow internet safety protocols and meet in a public place and let a trusted friend know about your meeting.”