Despite those threats, when the woman saw a police car traveling in the same area, she jumped out of the car she was in as it was traveling nearly 40 miles per hour.

Witnesses told police they saw the woman jump and gave her a ride to catch up with the police officer, who took her to the hospital, then interviewed her.

Police called Pulu into the office the next day to ask him about the woman's missing cell phone, but police say he denied knowing anything about a kidnapping. After obtaining permission to search his car, police found the knife and several of the woman's possessions and Pulu was arrested and booked into jail.

Police issued a warrant for Afu's arrest after they were unable to contact him. He now has an attorney who has requested that the court recall the warrant because he says his client will appear in court in two weeks.

Calls to the attorney were not immediately returned.

Perkins said he expects Afu will be in court Sept. 18, the same day Pulu's case was set for another hearing.

The state also plans to charge the victim with arranging to distribute a controlled substance, Perkins said.

Gale mentioned that having a preliminary hearing in the case before the victim's case is adjudicated might be difficult, as her testimony might be self-incriminating.

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