ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A former IHOP restaurant employee is accused of kidnapping his manager and threatening him with a machete, investigators said.
Police told Channel 2 Action News reporter Tom Regan that the worker lost his job Wednesday and was demanding it back, along with $250,000.
Officers arrested Moustapha Bayo, 36, on Lockeway Drive in Alpharetta Friday.
The 61-year-old victim, identified as an executive with Southern Restaurant Management, was forced to the ground Thursday at his corporate office, taken to the parking lot and then kidnapped, investigators said. Police said Bayo also stole the victim's car.
"It's scary to know that it happened so close," said Laurie McCord who works nearby.
"He had a paper sack, alleged he had a gun in the sack. Ordered the manager on the floor and threatened to kill him. He wanted his job back," said Capt. Frank Huggins with the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office.
"The manager drove a short distance. … Somewhere along the way, he threw the sack out," said Huggins.
Authorities said they believe the manager convinced Bayo to let him go on a promise he'd be rehired.
Officers staked out the office and when Bayo came back Friday morning, they nabbed him.
Bayo was in the Forsyth County Jail facing a multitude of charges, including kidnapping armed robbery and aggravated assault.
Authorities haven't yet released the name of the executive who was kidnapped, but they told Regan that the victim was unharmed.
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