Video captures police arresting man accused of kidnapping elderly woman
Police have released new video showing the moment they found a Burrillville man accused of kidnapping and trying to kill and elderly woman.
Officials said 53-year-old Steven Henning was hiding out in the Providence home of a woman he met online.
Video showed police rushing into a home on Kinfield Street Sunday, arresting Henning.
NBC 10 tried speaking to the woman, but she declined to comment.
Police have released new video showing the moment they found a Burrillville man accused of kidnapping and trying to kill and elderly woman. (Providence Police)
According to documents, Henning has a lengthy criminal record, including several instances of stealing cars.
More recently, he was accused of assaulting his girlfriend in Ohio, before making his way to Rhode Island in a stolen car.
On Saturday night, police said he met an 80-year-old woman at a Wendy’s in Coventry.
Henning is accused of later robbing and assaulting the woman.
He then placed her in the back of her car before stealing it.
Police said he drove the woman to Smithfield, and then tightened a belt around her neck.
Officials said 53-year-old Steven Henning was hiding out in the Providence home of a woman he met online. (WJAR)
Once she was unconscious, he left her for dead in the woods.
The woman regained consciousness the next morning, stumbled out of the woods, and ran to neighbors for help.
She was transported to Rhode Island Hospital with serious injuries.
Henning allegedly returned to Smithfield to bury her, not realizing she was gone.
He is facing several charges across multiple municipalities.
NBC 10’s Molly Levine contributed to this report.