Oxford police arrest man involved in North Carolina kidnapping

OXFORD, Ala. (WBRC) – Oxford police say they arrested a man accused of abducting a 16-year-old girl from North Carolina. Investigators say the man and the teen are second cousins and knew one another.

On Friday, May 3, the Oxford Police Department were notified by the sheriff’s office in North Carolina about a 33-year-old man named Richard Maybach, who had potentially abducted a 16-year-old girl from the area.

“The information we received again from Cabarrus County was that they were traveling in a rented white BMW SUV, they had a Nevada tag which officers were able to locate,” says Sgt. Butler.

While on patrol, Oxford investigators say Maybach vehicle was spotted at a local motel on South Quintard Avenue in the Oxford area.

“Officers were able to make contact with Mr. Maybach at a motel here in town, the Rodeway Inn. They were able to take him into custody and also secure the girl who was in good condition,” says Sgt. Butler.

Helping agencies in the North Carolina area, Sgt. Butler says law enforcement work together as part of a team, and that team stretches across the country.

“For law enforcement agencies to communicate with each other is vital for us to be successful in our rolls and our responsibilities in law enforcement by using different technologies and ways to communicate with one another, and be able to recover a missing juvenile potentially abducted from another state,” says Sgt. Butler.

Oxford investigators say the girl was sent to Children’s Hospital in Birmingham for evaluation and later picked up by her parents. Richard Maybach is waiting to be extradited back to North Carolina.

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