LAS CRUCES, N.M. (Las Cruces Sun-News) — Authorities say a 16-year-old wrestling champion helped stop an kidnapping and assault near Las Cruces, New Mexico, by pinning a man to the ground until deputies arrived.
The Las Cruces Sun-News reported Thursday that Mayfield High School student Canaan Bower is being lauded as a hero after body-slamming and putting 22-year-old suspect Daniel Arroyo Beltran of Phoenix in a chokehold.
Deputies arrested Beltran Wednesday on suspicion of battery, assault and kidnapping.
Witnesses say he tried to take three children from their mother. Online court records did not list an attorney for Beltran who could comment on his behalf.