By Associated Press - Tuesday, April 25, 2017

ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta police say a midafternoon kidnapping report turned out to be mistaken, but the accused man was arrested on a fugitive warrant from Florida.

WXIA-TV reports (https://on.11alive.com/2pbDaYj ) that 19-year-old Eric Harris is accused of a burglary last year in Orlando.

Police Sgt. Warren Pickard told news media that a man called about 4 p.m. Monday to report that a man dragged a woman out of a salon and drove off with her.



However, the woman, Shayla Thomas, told WSB-TV (https://2wsb.tv/2oZ3Ugq ) that it was “just a big misunderstanding.”

She said her boyfriend pushed her into the car during an argument, but did not kidnap her.

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