Phoenix kidnapping suspect arrested near New Orleans

Police say Michael Young used a machete to kidnap and then sexually assault a nearly 20-year-old woman.^th Street and Buckeye Road around 9 a.m. on June 11. Phoenix officers were unable to find the 41-year-old suspect that day, but detectives found enough evidence to obtain a warrant for Young's arrest.

The suspect eluded law enforcement until Thursday, when he was arrested by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana for reasons not currently known to The Arizona Republic. This parish, which is the equivalent of a county in Louisiana, is where the city of New Orleans is located.

Young will ultimately be returned to Arizona to face charges, according to Sgt. Robert Scherer of the Phoenix Police Department, who added that “there is no anticipated date for this extradition to be finalized.”