Kendrick Newby was taken into custody after deputies, aviation units, drones and K-9 teams tracked him into a wooded area where he was found hiding and still armed with a knife, according to the sheriff's office.

The investigation began when the agency's Special Victims Unit determined Newby had forced the victim into a business bathroom while holding a knife, authorities said. The victim managed to escape and ran outside, where Newby chased the person and then tried to drive away in the victim's car, the sheriff's office said.

A bystander intervened, pulling Newby out of the vehicle, according to officials. Newby then fled into nearby woods and removed his ankle monitor, the sheriff's office said.

The search that followed involved ground deputies along with aerial and K-9 support, and ended with Newby's arrest roughly three hours later, authorities said. Deputies recovered a knife at the scene.

Newby faces charges including attempted armed sexual battery, armed robbery, aggravated assault, kidnapping, grand theft of a motor vehicle, tampering with an electronic monitoring device, resisting without violence and violation of probation, according to the sheriff's office.

The case highlights the role bystanders can play in interrupting violent crime, as well as the layered resources — from electronic monitoring to aviation and K-9 units — that local law enforcement deploys during manhunts in the county's heavily wooded areas. Court records and further details on Newby's prior supervision status were not immediately available.