BEDFORD, Va. – A man was arrested and a woman was rescued following an abduction and assault in Bedford, Bedford Police Department said.
BPD said they responded to a disturbance at Raintree Village Apartments on Thursday around 8:05 p.m. The Bedford County Emergency Communications received a call from a resident who reported sounds consistent with a woman being physically assaulted by a man. At least one neighbor knocked on the apartment’s door in an attempt to intervene.
Authorities said that while they were on scene, a man inside the apartment contacted dispatch and said that people were banging on his door, and that he would “do what he has to do to protect his family,” which resulted in units from the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office responding as well…