Tybee Island police arrest armed kidnapping suspect

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) -Officers with the Tybee Island Police Department arrested 33-year-old Haneif Brown on multiple charges, including possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and kidnapping.

Around 1:36 a.m. Sunday, the Tybee Island Police Department received a call about a man with a gun. The caller said the suspect had pointed a gun at his neck and had taken his girlfriend against her will.

The caller told officers he and his girlfriend were in their hotel room when they received a text message from an acquaintance, Haneif Brown, asking for help. The couple drove to a local gas station, where they met Brown. Brown allegedly pointed a gun at the caller and ordered the caller’s girlfriend to leave with him against her will, according to the caller.

Another victim came forward during the investigation and said they were also an acquaintance of Brown and had also been threatened with a weapon.

Officers located Haneif Brown and the original caller’s girlfriend at another local gas station. Officers discovered that Brown’s six-year-old child was also in the car, seated near loaded weapons.

Officers arrested Haneif Brown and charged him with simple battery, reckless conduct, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, terroristic threats, aggravated assault and kidnapping. Three firearms were recovered during an inventory of Brown’s car and taken as evidence.

Brown’s child was taken into protective custody. The investigation remains active.