Home Doorbell Camera Captures Dramatic Video Of Domestic Violence Assault & Kidnapping

Las Vegas police tracked down and arrested a 23-year-old man at the center of a horrific viral video allegedly showing him kidnapping and assaulting a woman.

A few hours after midnight on New Year’s Eve, a resident of the city called law enforcement to report an incident that was caught on their doorbell camera. In the footage, which you can see (below), a woman is seen sprinting up to the door and pounding on it, begging for help.

As soon as she does it, a man in a white car pulls up to the house and runs up to the door, grabbing and kicking the woman before dragging her down the sidewalk and forcing her back into his car. The whole thing lasted just seconds, but it was so terrifying, police immediately put out significant resources to try to find the apparent kidnapper and his terrified victim.

You can see the whole thing go down in the doorbell camera video itself, which was released by police this week in a bid to ask the public for help in tracking down the assailant. Be warned, though — there is some graphic language and disturbing violence shown in this very short clip:

Holy s**t… obviously, upon seeing that, cops sprang into action, knowing they may have a kidnap victim on their hands.

And quickly this week the video itself went viral, scoring millions of hits across social media.

A Suspect Arrested!

Thanks to good police work and some help from the public, 23-year-old Darnell Rodgers (pictured above, inset) was arrested on Thursday. Vegas cops charged him with kidnapping and domestic battery; they say the assailant and his victim, who has remained unidentified, knew each other previously and this was an apparent domestic violence situation. Ugh…

Police also announced the victim has been found safe and sound, and she’s being cared for now while maintaining her privacy. Thank goodness! Rodgers is still in jail as of Friday, and soon it appears he will have to answer to some pretty serious charges in a court of law.

Such a terrifying moment… but thankful it was caught on camera, at least, giving officers an opportunity to put away a very scary person!

Reactions, Perezcious readers? Doorbell cameras have certainly come under scrutiny in the last year over privacy and data control issues, but when horrible like this happens, they sure seem like a blessing in disguise…

[Image via Las Vegas Metropolitan Police]