Public Defender kiddnapped at gunpoint

One of my coworkers was kidnapped at gun point Saturday night/Sunday morning. It happened about a mile from my house in East Atlanta. He and another attorney paid the bill at the East Side Lounge, then headed for the car. They were carjacked and driven to a house in Cabbagetown where they were tied up and left for 14 hours. Two men were arrested using their credit cards, and gave up the location of the two kidnapped men.

Thanks goodness this story had as happy an ending as was possible. His family was fearing the worst when he had not been found the next day.

This appears to be a robbery, not someone that he knew. When I first got a call from another coworker saying that he had been kidnapped, I thought that this was some disgruntled client. I've gotten some threatening words before, but nothing I ever took seriously. My stomach dropped when I first heard about this, but I'm glad that he is home with his family now.