HARTFORD, Vt. — A man forced a woman and her child into a car in New Hampshire, drove to Vermont, sexually assaulted the woman, and was apprehended in Pennsylvania after a manhunt and car chase, authorities said. Vermont State Police, the FBI and the Hartford Police Department worked together on the search. On Sunday afternoon, police from Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, were trying to make an unrelated traffic stop when an automated system flagged the car in question as stolen, according to Vermont State Police. Police from Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, took the driver into custody, and he was identified as Simpson. Simpson faces extradition to Vermont and is expected to face federal charges related to car theft, kidnapping and sexual assault.

Source: National Post January 07, 2019 11:37 UTC