GREEN TOWNSHIP — Police say a man wanted in Kentucky on charges of abducting and sexually assaulting three teenage girls in Florence struck again early Saturday night in Green Township.

Hensley

        Investigators from the Hamilton County Sheriff's office have charged Michael D. Hensley, 47, with aggravated robbery and kidnapping after he allegedly forced an IGA employee to the passenger side of her car at gunpoint on Saturday. The woman was able to open the car door and roll onto pavement before Mr. Hensley could drive off, authorities said.

        The woman, whose name authorities did not release, works at the IGA store on Colerain Avenue.

        Sheriff's officials say the woman was sitting in her car taking a break when a man approached.

        Investigators found the her car on Byrneside Drive in Colerain Township, a short distance from the store. A police dog was used to look for Mr. Hensley, but officials were unable to find him.

        Mr. Hensley is wanted in Boone County on kidnapping, attempted robbery, sodomy, burglary and robbery charges in a Friday attack involving three teens. Maj. Jack Banks of the Boone County Sheriff's Department said there also is an open warrant for Mr. Hensley's arrest in Clermont County in connection with unrelated drug charges.

        In the Kentucky case, Maj. Banks said Mr. Hensley is accused of using a gun to kidnap two girls at the Florence Mall parking lot about 2 p.m. Friday. Maj. Banks said the man forced the girls to use their vehicle to drive him to the home of one of their friends in Union, where he assaulted all three. The girls are 16 and 17 years old.

        Mr. Hensley is described as white, 5-foot-11, 165 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Police say his last known address was in the 6700 block of Marathon Edenton Road in Blanchester.

        Mr. Hensley's mother, Lena Fawcett, 72, of Colerain Township said her son has been on drugs since he was 14.

        “What he did yesterday, he went berserk,” she said, sobbing. “... We have no idea where he might be. Nobody wants anything to do with him (in the family). They're all so embarrassed. But no matter what he does, he's my son and I love him.

        “He doesn't know what he's doing. He's out of his mind,” she said.

        Ms. Fawcett said authorities from Boone and Hamilton County sheriff's offices and the Cincinnati Police Department were at her house asking questions on Saturday.

        County investigators say they have recovered the white, 1979 Ford van Mr. Hensley was believed to be driving, but they are still no closer to finding him.

        “I start thinking about it and I cry,” Ms. Fawcett said. “This is not my son.”

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