SC man tries to kidnap Waffle House worker after consensual sex in car, report says
A North Myrtle Beach man was arrested by city police after he was accused of attempting to kidnap a Waffle House employee.
The victim alleges that on June 1, Drayton Kirby Miller, 33, refused to let him out of Miller’s truck after the two engaged in consensual sexual activity. North Myrtle Beach Police charged Miller with kidnapping on June 2 following the incident.
Miller told officers he and the employee sat inside his vehicle but denied all the allegations made.
What the report says
According to a police report, the victim was working at the Waffle House located at 604 Highway 17 South when Miller walked into the chain around 3:30 a.m. Miller made “flirtatious advances” toward the employee, according to the report.
The two agreed to meet behind the Waffle House where they can be seen on video getting into Miller’s pickup truck. The truck then moved to a more secluded area behind another store next to the Waffle House. The employee and Miller continued engaging in sexual activity, the report says.
The employee told police that he informed Miller that he needed to return to work at the Waffle House. Miller allegedly told the victim, “No, you’re coming home with me,” and accelerated out of the parking lot, preventing the employee from leaving the vehicle and “holding him against his own free will.”
The Waffle House employee eventually broke free from Miller and jumped from the moving vehicle, sustaining injuries to his right arm and knee, according to the report.
Police detected alcohol on Miller
North Myrtle Beach officers later found Miller at his father’s residence where he “denied that any criminal activity occurred.”
The Waffle House employees told officers that after he jumped out of the car, Miller briefly stopped the vehicle to ask if he was OK. The victim told Miller to “leave him alone and leave the area,” according to the report.
Video then showed Miller leaving the parking lot in the truck and driving throughout North Myrtle Beach.
When police later found Miller, they detected “a strong odor of alcoholic beverage” coming from him. The Waffle House employee earlier told police he thought Miller had been consuming alcohol prior to the incident, according to the report.
Miller was booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center with a $30,000 bond. Miller was discharged on June 3.
