Alleged kidnapper caught in McKeesport
By Megan Guza and Brian Rittmeyer
A man on probation for assaulting a Penn Hills teenager broke into the girl’s home Wednesday and forced her into his car, prompting a statewide Amber Alert and search before she was found relatively safe in McKeesport, authorities said.
Police arrested Jermaine LaQuay Rodgers, 19, after a standoff at a home in McKeesport, authorities said. Marjani Aquil, 16, was taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh for facial injuries.
Rodgers is accused of breaking through his ex-girlfriend’s front door on Glenbrook Drive about 3:30 p.m., according to a criminal complaint.
Aquil’s mother, who was at work at the time, said she watched the ordeal unfold on the home’s security camera, police said.
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