Cary police still trying to find kidnapping suspect

CARY -- Police are searching for a 24-year-old Raleigh man who they say kicked in the front door of a home in Cary and kidnapped a young woman.

Joshua Vanpatrick Haley is sought in connection with a kidnapping at a mobile home park Tuesday afternoon, Cary police Capt. Mike Williams said Thursday.

Haley and the victim, Kiara Lenise Jasper, 19, were involved in "a relationship," though it's not clear what kind, Williams said.

Haley and Jasper got into an argument the night before the kidnapping after someone vandalized the car he was driving, Williams said. Haley had borrowed the car, a 1995 Ford Crown Victoria, from a friend, he said.

Police think Haley and an unknown woman forced Jasper from her home at 216 S. Lake St. shortly after 1:30 p.m.

Police said Haley and the woman drove to Jasper's home in the white and burgundy Crown Victoria with "Budweiser" written on the hood and sides. The duo knocked on the door to Jasper's home, and when no one answered, police think, Haley kicked in the door and forcibly removed Jasper.

The female accomplice drove the Crown Victoria while Haley held Jasper down in the back seat, police said. The two drove Jasper to Raleigh and released her unharmed, police said.

Jasper called the Cary Police Department and was found on New Bern Avenue in Raleigh at 4:40 p.m. on Tuesday.

Haley's last known address was 1303 S. Bloodworth St. Haley has an extensive criminal history in Wake County, including convictions for breaking and entering, possession of burglary tools, carrying a concealed weapon, resisting arrest, larceny, disorderly conduct, possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, and probation violation, state records show.

"Mr. Haley has refused to turn himself in," Williams said Thursday, "but we do believe he is still in the Wake County area."

Police urge anyone with information about Haley's whereabouts, or the identity of the woman accomplice, to call Cary police at 469-4012 or their local police department.