BANNING (CNS) - A 26-year-old man accused of holding a motorist at
gunpoint and forcing the victim, accompanied by his young son, to drive him
through San Jacinto was charged today with kidnapping and other offenses.
Branden Marquis Williamson of San Jacinto was arrested Monday
following a Riverside County Sheriff's Department investigation.
Along with the two counts of kidnapping, Williamson is charged with
armed robbery and child cruelty, along with sentence-enhancing allegations of
committing a crime while on bail and using a firearm during the commission of a
felony.
He made his initial court appearance Thursday before Superior Court
Judge Joshlyn Pulliam, who appointed him a public defender and scheduled his
arraignment for Friday at the Banning Justice Center.
Williamson
