Bangor Target kidnapping not part of a trafficking ring, police say

Bangor police say the Saturday night kidnapping is not part of a larger human trafficking ring, despite claims to the contrary on Facebook.

In a Monday morning Facebook post, the Bangor Police Department said a kidnapping at the Target off Stillwater Avenue was not part of a larger kidnapping ring despite the use of a U-Haul moving van. Police said Colby Cooper, 21, who was arrested and charged with kidnapping, eluding and domestic violence assault, arrived at the store with the unnamed woman he allegedly kidnapped.

Cooper allegedly forced a woman, whom police did not identify, into a U-Haul rental van in the Target parking lot at about 10 p.m, according to Sgt. Jason McAmbley, a spokesperson for the Bangor Police Department.