NEW THIS MORNING… AN ARREST WARRANT ISSUED IN A VIOLENT KIDNAPPING. THE VICTIM – FINALLY ESCAPING AT A GAS STATION! THIS IS THE B-P ON ARDMORE BOULEVARD IN WILKINSBURG – WHERE SHE WAS FOUND AFTER RUNNING TO A PICKUP TRUCK FOR HELP – WITH A BLINDFOLD STILL AROUND HER NECK! POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WAS LURED TO A HOME ON CLARK STREET BY 19-YEAR-OLD DONTAE STEVENS – ALLEGEDLY UNDER THE PRETENSE OF CUTTING HAIR. POLICE SAY, ONCE THE VICTIM ARRIVED – STEVENS AND AN ACCOMPLICE RESTRAINED HER, BLINDFOLDED HER, PISTOL-WHIPPED HER AND DEMANDED ACCESS TO HER CASH-APP AND MONEY. POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WAS HELD AT GUNPOINT FOR SEVERAL HOURS – WITH THE SUSPECTS DEMANDING RANSOM PAYMENTS FROM THE VICTIM AND HER SIGNIFICANT OTHER. THEY EVENTUALLY PUT HER IN A CAR. AND, POLICE SAY, WHEN S
Blindfolded and pistol-whipped: Kidnapping victim escapes at BP in Wilkinsburg
Arrest warrant issued for Dontae Stevens, 19, of Pittsburgh
Updated: 8:00 AM EST Jan 16, 2026
A woman who police said was kidnapped, restrained, blindfolded and pistol-whipped was able to escape at the BP gas station on Ardmore Boulevard in Wilkinsburg on Thursday night.An arrest warrant was issued Friday morning for one of the suspects in the case, Dontae Stevens, 19, of Wilkinsburg, whom the victim told police was a rapper in Pittsburgh.According to the criminal complaint, the victim was called to a home on Clark Street by Stevens, allegedly under the pretense of cutting hair.The court paperwork said that once the victim arrived, Stevens and an accomplice retrained her, blindfolded her, pistol-whipped her and demanded access to a cash app on her phone as well as money.Police said the victim was held at gunpoint for several hours as the suspects demanded ransom payments from the victim and her significant other.According to the criminal complaint, the victim was later transported in her own vehicle, and when she heard the suspects say they were at a gas station, she escaped, running to a pickup truck parked at the gas station.The victim was taken to the hospital to be evaluated for a possible concussion.The warrant against Stevens lists multiple charges, including kidnapping and aggravated assault.
PITTSBURGH —
A woman who police said was kidnapped, restrained, blindfolded and pistol-whipped was able to escape at the BP gas station on Ardmore Boulevard in Wilkinsburg on Thursday night.
An arrest warrant was issued Friday morning for one of the suspects in the case, Dontae Stevens, 19, of Wilkinsburg, whom the victim told police was a rapper in Pittsburgh.
According to the criminal complaint, the victim was called to a home on Clark Street by Stevens, allegedly under the pretense of cutting hair.
The court paperwork said that once the victim arrived, Stevens and an accomplice retrained her, blindfolded her, pistol-whipped her and demanded access to a cash app on her phone as well as money.
Police said the victim was held at gunpoint for several hours as the suspects demanded ransom payments from the victim and her significant other.
According to the criminal complaint, the victim was later transported in her own vehicle, and when she heard the suspects say they were at a gas station, she escaped, running to a pickup truck parked at the gas station.
The victim was taken to the hospital to be evaluated for a possible concussion.
The warrant against Stevens lists multiple charges, including kidnapping and aggravated assault.