A 36-year-old Carlyle man is in the Clinton County Jail this morning, with bail set at $100,000 after he was charged in court with multiple crimes, including felony kidnapping. According to Centralia Detective Captain Richard Densmore, officers arrested Charles E. Anderson after an employee of the Walmart on West McCord Street picked him out of a photo lineup as the man who forced him at gunpoint into his truck. Anderson reportedly approached the employee around 9:30 Tuesday night in the Walmart parking lot, pointed a gun at the employee and demanded he drive him to a location near Hickory and Kell streets in Centralia. While riding in the employee’s truck, Anderson allegedly took the man’s wallet. When the suspect got out of the truck, the alleged victim sped away, ultimately driving to the Casey’s General Store on the west side and calling police. He was taken to the Centralia Police Station where he picked Anderson out of a photo lineup. Officers eventually tracked Anderson down at his estranged wife’s home in Wamac and he was taken into custody. Additional charges may be pending against Anderson in connection with an alleged incident at that location. Densmore reports that when Anderson was arrested, receipts from the Walmart employee’s wallet, with the employee’s name, were found in Anderson’s pocket. He has been charged with Class X Felony aggravated kidnapping with a firearm and Class X Felony armed robbery with a firearm. In a separate case, he has been charged with Class A Misdemeanor aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possibly related to a knife alleged to have been wielded when gaining entry into the wife’s Wamac home.

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