Roseville kidnapping, assault suspect now in custody amid "extremely complex" investigation, police say

Police in Roseville, Minnesota, say they've made an arrest after a woman was kidnapped and assaulted on Wednesday.

Officers arrested a 41-year-old man from Isanti Friday "on suspicion of multiple felony offenses," police say, alleging he wore a mask while forcing a woman at gunpoint into a vehicle as she left a business near East Snelling Service Drive and County Road C around 5 p.m.

"The circumstances of the incident were particularly concerning because the woman did not know the suspect and the reported attack occurred during the late afternoon in a busy area of Roseville," police said in a statement released Saturday.

The woman told police the man let her go hours later on St. Paul's east side. She was later hospitalized for undisclosed injuries.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security assisted in the investigation, police say, and "provided critical investigative resources and assistance following leads, reviewing information, and identifying and locating the suspect."

Police say they expect to file charges with the county attorney's office "early next week," and are withholding more information on the investigation due to its "extremely complex" nature.

"We appreciate the community's patience and understanding while we remain focused on completing this investigation," police said.

Tanner Christopherson works just down the road from where the kidnapping occurred.

"I've never seen anything like that in the five years I've been working out of our warehouse here," Christopherson said. "It's really troubling that that happened at that time, especially with all those people around, too."

Data shows that there have been 435 recorded kidnappings or abductions in Ramsey County since 2021. Just 19 of those happened in Roseville, not including Wednesday's case. Almost all of those kidnappings happened at a home or a hotel, and in all but one, the two people knew each other.

NOTE: The original airdate of the video attached to this article is Sept. 25, 2026, before police announced the arrest.