PRESS RELEASE

Kidnapping, and Assault Arrest

Monday August 7, 2023

(Etowah County, AL) Two females and one male have been arrested for kidnapping, and assault, according to Sheriff Jonathon Horton.

Timothy Baker, 49, and Brandy Click, 46, are charged with kidnapping 1st, and assault 1st. Amy Downing, 48, was charged with assault 1st. All charges are felonies according to Investigator Wesley Smith.

The arrests of the subjects is in connection with an abduction and assault of a Guntersville man that occurred in the Egypt Community in late July, according to Sheriff Horton.

On the morning of July 29 the victim walked up to a residence in the Egypt Community asking for help with his hands still bound behind him. Deputies and medics responded, the victim was transported to a Gadsden area hospital and later transferred to a Birmingham hospital where he underwent surgeries for his injuries. 

All subjects involved were acquaintances and was not a random attack.

Timothy Baker and Brandy Click are currently incarcerated in the Etowah County Detention Center with no bond on the kidnapping 1st charge and a bond of $50,000 each for the charge of assault 1st. Amy Downing is currently incarcerated in the Marshall County Jail but once released she will be extradited to Etowah County on the charge of assault 1st with the bond of $50,000.

Timothy Baker

Brandy Click

Amy Downing