A man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping his ex-girlfriend, who is also the mother of his two children after she refused to go on a surprise Valentine’s Day date with him.
On February 10, the man identified as 20-year-old Isaiah Cuspard assaulted his ex-girlfriend. He was then arrested for assaulting his ex-girlfriend but was later released.
However, the next day, he went to visit her house to convince her to take her out on a date. Then, the unimaginable happened.
Phoenix police officers were called to the home at 8 a.m. on Feb. 10 after witnesses reported there was a fight between a man and a woman. Witnesses called the police a second time after they said Cuspard forced the victim into a car and drove away.
“He was going down the alleyway doing 100 miles an hour,” said Barbara Johnson, the victim’s mother.
Police say Cuspard had decided to wrap his arms around her, carry her to his car and drive off with her in the passenger seat. He crashed the car into a curb, causing the airbags to go off.
“[My daughter’s] head had hit the windshield, looked like she had three broken fingers,” said Johnson. She also suffered a cut to her left hand during the crash.
Court documents say “Isaiah said that [she] had told him no multiple times when he asked her to go with him. Isaiah said he felt offended and was going to take her against all means.”
The victim also “believed that Isaiah was going to kill her.”
Here’s what the police report states:
“Isaiah wanted to surprise [her] with a Valentine’s date, but [she] wanted no part of it. He said that she had told him no multiple times when he asked her to go with him. Isaiah said he felt offended and was going to take her against all means. Isaiah then decided that he needed to physically wrap his arms around her carry her to his car that he drove to the house in. Isaiah then forced [her] into the front passenger seat and drove off with her. As Isaiah drove away, they wrecked into the curb and set off the airbags in the vehicle. She sustained a cut to her left hand from the collision.”
After beating the woman, kidnapping her, and risking her life during his reckless escape, Phoenix authorities set Cuspard’s bond at just $6,000.