Delivery worker turns hero: Alerts police to Texas hostage situation; suspicious motel room order included zip ties, hatchet
In Sweetwater, Texas, a delivery driver's suspicion over an order containing zip ties and a hatchet led to the rescue of a hostage. Alerting police to the Sweetwater Inn, officers found Neil Cooper armed and holding someone against their will. The hostage escaped, Cooper surrendered after negotiation, and both he and the hostage were arrested on drug and kidnapping charges.
In Sweetwater, Texas, a delivery driver's suspicion over an order containing zip ties and a hatchet led to the rescue of a hostage. Alerting police to the Sweetwater Inn, officers found Neil Cooper armed and holding someone against their will. The hostage escaped, Cooper surrendered after negotiation, and both he and the hostage were arrested on drug and kidnapping charges.
