From Local 3 News: 28-year-old Michael Buchanan was arrested on Sunday morning around 4:30 a.m. in Catoosa County, GA. This comes less th
From Local 3 News: 28-year-old Michael Buchanan was arrested on Sunday morning around 4:30 a.m. in Catoosa County, GA.
This comes less than two hours after an Amber Alert was issued for 14-year-old Julia Ashcroft, who was believed to have been abducted by Buchanan in Smyth County, VA.
The Amber Alert was released in both Virginia and Tennessee through the Smyth County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation around 2:41 a.m.
According to the TBI, Ashcroft and Buchanan were believed to be in a white 2001 Econoline Van with VA tag TVE-3980.
Buchanan is now in custody.
