Husband imprisons wife in their home and cuts off cell phone service

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An Alexandria woman couldn’t get out of her house Thursday because her husband nailed the windows shut and put a dead bolt on the outside of the door, city police allege.

James Anderson also canceled his wife’s cell phone service so that she couldn’t call anyone for help, the victim told officers.

A caller, who did not provide any personal information, reported the woman trapped in her house.

The Alexandria Fire Department was able to get into the house and free the victim. She told officers that her husband “locks her inside every night when he leaves for work,” police reports state. Police did not say how long it had been going on or why.

The victim went to a relative’s home.

Officers called Anderson to his 7th Street house, telling him that his house was no longer secure. The 50-year-old was taken into custody when he arrived at the house. Anderson was booked in the Rapides Parish Jail on a charge of false imprisonment.

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