FREDERICK COUNTY, VA — A man accused of abducting a woman at knifepoint was arrested Friday morning after a dangerous chase across state lines that ended in a ditch along Route 37, according to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to a 5:30 a.m. emergency call on March 21 reporting that a woman had been forcibly taken by Nicholas Hess and was being transported in a 2008 Ford pickup truck from Berkeley County, West Virginia, into Virginia.
The truck was located near the state line where deputies initiated a felony traffic stop. While Hess initially exited the vehicle, he abruptly jumped back in and fled, leading authorities on a high-speed pursuit southbound on I-81…