IFD firefighter charged with domestic battery and kidnapping

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An Indianapolis firefighter, Nathanial Waldroup, has been charged with home battery and kidnapping for an off-duty incident that occurred this week, in response to IMPD.

The incident occurred over the span of Monday and Tuesday of this week, in response to court docket paperwork. Waldroup assaulted, strangled, and held a girl in opposition to her will in his car on the evening of Monday, June 20, 2022.

As a result of an argument held earlier, the scenario escalated when Waldroup promised to take the lady residence. As a substitute, he drove her round to the east, south, and west sides of Indianapolis for over two hours. With automotive home windows and doorways locked, Waldroup sporadically hit and slapped the lady as he drove. Based on court docket paperwork, Waldroup drove to random fields and threatened the lady to kill them each, police say.

When Waldroup and the lady arrived again to a residence, the lady was in a position to shortly message her neighbors to contact the police. Earlier than police arrived, Waldroup and the lady left the residence for the evening.

Based on statements made to IMPD by the lady’s neighbors, Waldroup has a historical past of inflammatory and abusive habits with the lady.

After buying statements from the lady and the lady’s neighbor’s, IMPD officers situated Waldroup on Wednesday night and took him into custody.

Waldroup is on go away with out pay from the IFD and awaits his subsequent listening to scheduled for September 20, 2022.