Five people arrested, charged in couple’s kidnapping in Westminster, police say

Maryland State Police arrested five people Friday in connection to what they say was the Tuesday kidnapping and assault of a couple in Westminster.

On Tuesday, troopers responded to a home in Westminster for the report of a kidnapping. When they arrived, a woman told them that her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend were held captive. The mother had received a phone call from her daughter, the state police said in a Saturday email.

Authorities are withholding the identities of the victims at this time.