LANCASTER, S.C. -- Authorities arrested a man accused of kidnapping and leading police on a chase Tuesday morning in Lancaster County.
Clint Dewayne Kiker,27, of Lancaster, was arrested by deputies and investigators of the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office this morning. He is being charged with kidnapping and domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature.
Lancaster deputies said they were called to a home on Shiloh Unity Road around 6:30 a.m. to investigate a report that Kiker was assaulting a woman with whom he lived with.
Deputies were unable to locate anyone at the home but learned that Kiker forced the victim into a vehicle and was driving toward Union County. The Union County Sheriff’s Office and the Monroe Police Department were notified. Monroe officers spotted the automobile and pursued it. The victim jumped from the automobile during the pursuit.
She reported that Kiker beat her with his hands and fists, a two-by-four board, and a broom handle. She also told deputies that Kiker threatened to kill her if she refused to get into the vehicle. Authorities said she had visible injuries to her face and head, her torso, and her arms and legs. Her injuries are non-life threatening, according to deputies.
After the victim escaped, Kiker continued to drive the vehicle, despite having run over spike strips, and crossed into Chesterfield County, where deputies of the Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office located him standing near the stopped vehicle.
Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office deputies, investigators, and Drug Task Force agents had responded to Chesterfield County. Kiker fled into the woods but was captured by a Lancaster County authorities.
He's being held in the Lancaster County Detention Center.
