An Ohio man was indicted this month on abduction charges after he allegedly requested a test drive at a car dealership and then used the vehicle to run errands with the sales associate still inside.
The incident took place on December 19, 2025, when Todd Marrs, 51, went to Performance Luxury in Marysville and asked to test drive a Jeep Wrangler, WBNS reported.
The associate said that she noted that Marrs had taken a different route from the normal test drive route and that he stopped at a warehouse and sat in the parking lot for five minues. When the associate told him to drive back to the dealership, he replied, “No, now you’ll sit there a wait like a good girl.”
The associate texted co-workers and shared her phone’s location, but when she tried to call a co-worker, Marrs grabbed the phone and threw it onto the floorboard.
Then Marrs drove to a hospital in Marysville and picked up a friend, telling the associate he wasn’t going back to the dealership until he was done with his errands.
Eventually he went back, with his friend now also in the car.
After he was indicted this week on charges of abduction and disrupting public services, he was arraigned and given a $250,000 bond.
He’s due in court again on January 29, Law&Crime said.
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[Featured image: Todd Marrs/Tri-County Regional Jail]
