State police pursue and arrest PA man sought on kidnapping and assault charges Daniel Tepfer Daniel Tepfer FacebookTwitterEmail Modern LED light bar on police cruiser flashing red and blue emergency lights.avid_creative / Getty Images BRIDGEPORT — A man sought by Pennsylvania police for allegedly kidnapping and raping a woman was captured Monday on the Merritt Parkway here. Jose Claudio-Diaz, 41, was charged with first-degree kidnapping, assault on a police officer and being a fugitive from justice. During his arraignment here Tuesday morning, Superior Court Judge Peter McShane ordered Claudio-Diaz held in lieu of $500,000 bond. On Monday morning, state police said they received a report that Claudio-Diaz, who was being sought by Bethlehem, PA, police on robbery charges and making terrorists threats, was traveling northbound on the Merritt Parkway with a kidnapping victim in a Nissan Rogue.