MARLBOROUGH, Conn. — Connecticut State Police announced two arrests in a 2021 kidnapping case in Marlborough.
Following the five-month investigation, 20-year-old Kenneth Gordon of Hartford and a 16-year-old boy were taken into custody on Tuesday.
Both were charged with kidnapping, robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, assault, arson and larceny.
Gordon was held on a $1,000,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.
The 16-year-old was ordered to be held in a juvenile detention center and is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.
A Superior Court Judge ordered both arrest warrants to be sealed, state police said.
Multiple police agencies helped Connecticut state police, including Berlin Police Department, Homeland Security, Hartford PD, East Hartford PD, Windsor PD, Manchester PD, Glastonbury PD, Middletown PD and Wethersfield PD.
"Without their help, this case would not have been possible to bring to a close. Our Eastern District Major Crimes Squad diligently worked on this case. This is something that brought a great deal of attention to our state and really rattled the community," Sergeant Dawn Pagan with Connecticut State Police said Tuesday evening.
On Sept. 11, 2021, a 64-year-old woman was abducted by two suspects from the Big Y parking lot in Marlborough, according to police. The suspects put the woman in a car. They stopped in East Hartford, where one of the suspects reportedly used the woman's ATM card to get cash from the machine. Then, they drove to Berlin, where the woman was thrown out of her car, according to police. The car was then driven behind a building and set on fire, police said.
The woman was treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
There was a big community response, including people putting whistles on windshields and reminding shoppers of stranger danger and to say something if they see something.
Elisha Machado is a reporter at FOX61 News. She can be reached at emachado@fox61.com. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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