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IN PENNSYLVANIA THEN TAKEN CROSS-COUNTRY TO THIS CASEY’S GENERAL STORE IN STUART. POLICE SAY GARRISON’S ENCOUNTER WITH A FELLOW UPSTATE NEW YORKER, TRUCK DRIVER JAMES SMITH, STARTED INNOCENTLY. >> SHE HAD ORIGINALLY MET THIS GUY ON A DATING WEBSITE MET UP WITH HIM FOR A CONSENSUAL KIND OF VISIT. CHRIS BUT THEY SAY SMITH THEN : HELD GARRISON AGAINST HER WILL FOR SIX WEEKS AND ASSAULTED HER. POLICE SAY THE TWO WERE WAYLAID OFF I-80 IN STUART FOR TWO WEEKS BECAUSE HE HAD DRIVER’S LICENSE ISSUES. THEN IT ALL ENDED SATURDAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY GARRISON MADE MULTIPLE 911 CALLS FROM THE CAB FROM A CELL PHONE THAT MORNING, BUT POLICE COULDN’T FIND HER. FINALLY JUST BEFORE 12:45 POLICE , SAY SHE MADE THE 911 CALL FROM CASEY’S THAT FREED HER. >> IT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT SHE HAD A REASON TO BE AFRAID AND IT TOOK A LOT OF COURAGE TO COME FORWARD TO EVEN JUST REPORT IT. CHRIS: THE STUART POLICE CHIEF SAYS GARRISON HAD MULTIPLE INJURIES BUT IS DOING WELL NOW. HE SAYS THIS CASE HIGHLIGHTS A POTENTIAL DANGER OF ONLINE DATING. >> DEFINITELY NEED TO BE CAREFUL . DON’T GET IN VEHICLES OF PEOPLE THAT YOU’RE NOT AWARE OF YOU -- OR YOU DON’T KNOW. LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING, WHO YOU’RE MEETING. IT IS COMMON, BUT IT CAN T

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A New York state woman who disappeared two months ago is safe in Iowa.Police said 26-year-old Amber Garrison was taken from Pennsylvania in mid-July.Garrison told police she was kidnapped in Pennsylvania, and then taken cross-country. Authorities located her on Saturday at Casey's General Store in Stuart.James Smith, also from New York, is charged with first-degree kidnapping, domestic assault with a weapon and other charges.Stuart police Chief David Reha said Garrison's encounter with Smith started innocently."She had originally met this guy on a dating website, met up with him for a consensual kind of visit," Reha said.Reha said Smith held Garrison against her will for six weeks and assaulted her.According to investigators, the pair were waylaid off I-80 in Stuart for two weeks because Smith had driver's license issues.Investigators said Garrison made multiple 911 calls from a cellphone Saturday morning, but police could not locate her.Finally, just before 12:45 p.m., police located her from a 911 call she made at a Casey's General Store."It was definitely something that she had a reason to be afraid, and it took a lot of courage to come forward to even just report it," Reha said.Reha said Garrison had multiple injuries but is doing well.He said the case highlights the potential danger of online dating."(People) definitely need to be careful," he said. "Don't get in vehicles of people that you're not aware of (or) you don't know. Let people know where you're going, who you're meeting. It is common, but it can turn out badly."“The most important thing is we’re glad she’s been located and located safely,” said New York State police Trooper Aga Dembinska.Smith is being held at the Adair County Jail on over $1 million bond.