Coal City man arrested in Missouri kidnapping, assault case

An Illinois man is in custody after an abduction in Cape Girardeau last week that got several Illinois police departments involved. Forty-three-year-old Jeffery Lazier of Coal City was arrested in Yorkville, near Chicago, Friday afternoon on a slew of charges, including sexual abuse, kidnapping and robbery. A woman was reportedly kidnapped Tuesday by a man believed to be Lazier and was eventually able to escape from the suspect's vehicle in Effingham on Interstate 57. Lazier is in custody on 250-thousand-dollars bond.

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