POLK CO., Fla. — Polk County FHP troopers located a woman who was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend on Friday.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, troopers responded to I-4 in reference to a FLOCK hit that was entered by the Orange County Sheriff's Office for a kidnapping suspect.
Jeremy Matthew Mason, the 29-year-old suspect, was located on Polk Parkway at mile marker 10 in Lakeland, and troopers conducted a traffic stop.
Troopers found the kidnapped woman in the backseat, and she told Orange County detectives she was an ex-girlfriend who was kidnapped in Daytona, according to FHP's report.
The woman was beaten and had injuries, and Mason now faces kidnapping and aggravated domestic assault charges.
Mason also has a protection order against him from another woman and has a non-extraditable warrant out of Ohio for dating violence, per FHP.
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