Kidnapping, Other Charges Face Wilkes Man

It is possible to kidnap a person without taking them anywhere. Kidnapping is one of the charges facing 23-year old Jonathan Cole Lovette, following an incident yesterday morning at a home on Highway 16 North. Sheriff deputies were called to Kayla Johnson's home about 6:20 a-m, when someone called 9-1-1 saying Lovette had showed up and demanded to see his ex-girlfriend, Natasha Keels. According to a crime report, Lovette pulled a gun on Johnson, but she would not let him in the house to talk to Keels. He went out to her car and broke out all four windows, kicked two of the doors and damaged them, and then kicked in the back door of the house and barged in. Deputies say he repeatedly tried to make Keels leave with him by pointing the gun at her. When deputies arrived, he dashed out of the house and sped off in a small, dark colored car. later in the day, Lovette turned himself in and was charged with Fist-Degree Burglary, Assault, Damage to Property, Kidnapping, and Assault on a Female. He was jailed on a 15-thousand dollar bond.