SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- UC Santa Cruz police announced that they arrested a suspect in connection with a false imprisonment and kidnapping that was reported Thursday.
A college student says she was hitchhiking and had to jump out of a moving car when the stranger who picked her up wouldn't let her out.
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The suspect has been identified as 28-year-old Jose Calderon Ortiz from Watsonville. He's been booked into the Santa Cruz County Jail.
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Anyone with information regarding this investigation is encouraged to immediately call the UCSC Police Department at 831-459-2231, ext. 1.