THE AMERICA ONE NEWS
Jun 1, 2025  |  
0
 | Remer,MN
Sponsor:  QWIKET 
Sponsor:  QWIKET 
Sponsor:  QWIKET: Elevate your fantasy game! Interactive Sports Knowledge.
Sponsor:  QWIKET: Elevate your fantasy game! Interactive Sports Knowledge and Reasoning Support for Fantasy Sports and Betting Enthusiasts.
back  
topic
NY Post
New York Post
2 Dec 2023


NextImg:Jail transport driver texted resignation mid-trip, refused to hand over inmates: cops

An inmate transport driver is facing kidnapping charges after he quit mid-trip with a van full of prisoners, according to police.

Joshua James Pinquet, 21, allegedly texted his resignation to his boss around 9 a.m. Tuesday while driving four inmates through North Carolina on the way to Florida, the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office said.

The unnamed inmate transport company had been hired by various law enforcement agencies around the country to deliver inmates to and from various detention centers.

Joshua James Pinquet was charged with kidnapping for allegedly refusing to hand over the van full of inmates.

In a chain of messages, Pinquet asserted that he was “refusing to stop at the intended destination with the prisoners” in Hickory, N.C., a city 60 miles northwest of Charlotte.

Along with the four inmates locked in the cargo area, a fellow employee of the transport company was trapped in the van for Pinquet’s alleged meltdown.

Deputies easily stopped Pinquet on Interstate 40 just outside of Hickory and secured the four inmates.

Motorists stream down I-40 westbound as the eastbound road is empty.

The van containing the four inmates was intercepted on the highway just outside Hickory, N.C., where Pinquet refused to stop. Tribune News Service via Getty Images

The inmates were turned over to other employees of the transport company and continued to their destinations in Florida, the sheriff’s office said.

Pinquet was charged with five counts of felony second-degree kidnapping and felony larceny by employee.

He’s being held without bond at the Iredell County Detention Center.