Over a year ago, a Mercedes-Benz dealership employee reportedly got into a customer’s loaner car to show him how some of its features worked. She later told deputies that he drove away with her inside and ignored her requests to turn around.
According to the original FOX 5 Atlanta report, the May 2, 2025, incident led to kidnapping, false imprisonment and obstruction charges. However, the case ended very differently when it went to trial about a year later.
A Forsyth County jury listened to four days of evidence before finding Barinuadum Bariyiga not guilty of kidnapping and false imprisonment. Prosecutors dismissed the obstruction charge before jurors began hearing the case…