The man was
blindfolded and bound at a North Carolina home before FBI agents traced
phone calls from his abductors and stormed the residence, rescuing him
mostly unharmed, authorities said. His identity was being withheld for
his safety.
The kidnapping
began early July 9 when the three men, posing as police officers, pulled
the man over as he was going to work in his hometown of St. Matthews,
about 30 miles southeast of Columbia. His truck, still running, was left
on the side of the road with its door open.
Ransom demands were sent to the man's family within hours of his disappearance and continued for several days.
