Charge of false imprisonment dropped against accused kidnapper

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The man accused of attempting to kidnap a Columbia woman in front of her house will not be retried on a false imprisonment charge, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Patrick McMahon, of Dayton, was charged with false imprisonment, among other charges, after Rukayat Osoba, 21, of Columbia, said he asked her for directions before grabbing her and dragging her toward his car in front of her house on the 6000 block of Lilac Bush Lane in July 2007.

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