Police have arrested one of the two suspects connection to the abduction of a mother and her one-year-old son outside a Target in Memphis, Tenn.
Will Hayes, 25, was charged on Tuesday with two counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of particularly aggravated kidnapping and use of a firearm in the commission of a dangerous crime.
Hayes and another male suspect, who has not yet been identified and is still at large, forced mother and child in their gold Chevrolet Malibu on August 31.
The couple ordered the woman to go to a nearby regional bank to make a $800 withdrawal from the ATM on the 7700 block of Highway 64.
The mother was forced to sit in the front seat next to one suspect who sat in the passenger seat, while the other suspect sat in the back seat with the child, according to WREG-TV. She returned to the store after Hayes and the other suspect disappeared with the money.
When the mother was dropped off at the store, she immediately called for help.
Just before 10 a.m. Tuesday, Memphis police spotted a gold vehicle that matched the description of the car that appeared in surveillance footage.
Officers stopped the car without a license plate for a traffic stop and Hayes was arrested.
According to Action News 5Hayes has previously been arrested for theft, vandalism and credit card fraud.
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