Chautauqua County man charged with assault and attempted kidnapping of victim

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) – A Chautauqua County man is charged with assaulting and attempting to kidnap a victim in the town of Gerry.

The Sheriff’s Office responded to an address on Route 60 on Monday around 10 p.m. in reference to a possible robbery in progress. 47-year-old Robert Henry Jr. allegedly caused serious bodily injury to the victim using a dangerous object. Henry is also accused of forcibly taking property from the victim during an attempted kidnap. A short time later, he was found outside the sheriff’s office and taken into custody.

Henry was charged with first-degree assault, first-degree robbery and attempted second-degree kidnapping, arraigned in the Centralized Arraignment and held on $100,000 bail.