SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The female victim had a no contact order against 52-year-old Jimmy Nichols but he drug her into his pickup and took her to his apartment on North Covell Avenue
Officer Sam Clemens says Nichols then took the 29-year-old woman to his appointment at Avera Hospital. Clemens says when Nichols left the victim alone she told the receptionist that she was in trouble and asked her to call police.
When police arrived Nichols had fled the building but was arrested a short time later on the Avera campus. The woman was unharmed.
Clemens says Nichols was charged with second degree kidnapping. Clemens says Nichols and the victim were at one time boyfriend-girlfriend. The victim was walking near 5th and Prairie when Nichols allegedly snatched her.