Two men indicted following earlier kidnapping
Two men have been indicted during the most recent grand jury and face felony charges of kidnapping.
Cody Lynn McCaulou, 20, 66 Lagrange Rd., Russellville, Ala. and Michael Anthony Netherton, 28, 2211 Riverside Rd., Florence, Ala., have been indicted for first degree kidnapping following an incident in January where the two men took local officials on a brief manhunt.
Police were called to the Budget Inn on Hwy. 43 on the afternoon of Jan. 12 in response to a domestic violence report, according to officials. The manager of the business witnessed two males attacking a female in the parking lot shortly after 2 p.m. and made the call from her room at the motel.
Russellville City Police officers arrived shortly after and pulled behind the vehicle and blocked it in. Russellville City Police Chief Chris Hargett said the two men attempted to force the woman into the car with them.
“When our officer arrived on the scene he witnessed the two men trying to force the woman into the car to leave with them,” Hargett said. “That’s when the foot pursuit began.”
Hargett said the woman was picked up in the Shoals area and brought to Russellville by Netherton and McCaulou. According to Hargett it was apparent that the woman was then being held against her will once the three arrived at the motel.
The foot pursuit brought in at least one Alabama State Trooper, numerous Russellville Police officers and investigators, and at least one Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy.
Both men were charged with first degree kidnapping, resisting arrest, and attempting to elude an officer. Netherton was also charged with providing a false identity to an officer in an attempt to obstruct justice, at the time of the two men’s arrests.
