Prosecutor: Man accused in Macon abduction was 'possessive and controlling'

In arguing against a bond being set for a man accused of abducting his ex-girlfriend from a Macon technical school Sept. 30, a prosecutor described the suspect as being "controlling" and having problems with anger.

When Alyssa Armstrong met David Chase Warnock, he was on the run from two felonies in Laurens County, prosecutor Larissa Olliverre said Tuesday during a Bibb County Superior Court hearing.

Warnock, 26, moved to Macon last year to live with Armstrong, his attorney, Catherine Whitworth said, arguing for a bond to be set in the case. The judge denied Whitworth's request.

By late September, 24-year-old Armstrong realized that Warnock was becoming "very possessive and controlling," Olliverre said. "He had difficulty controlling his anger as well as a drug problem."

She broke up with Warnock and moved in with her parents.

Warnock repeatedly pleaded with her to reconcile, Olliverre said.

On Sept. 28, Warnock called Armstrong and asked her to meet him in the Kroger parking lot on Tom Hill Sr. Boulevard. He again asked her to reconcile, she said.

At some point during the discussion, Warnock "snapped" and choked Armstrong with his hands nearly to the point of her losing consciousness, Olliverre said.

On Sept. 30, Armstrong was in a car talking with a friend in a Central Georgia Technical School parking lot when Warnock tapped on the window and opened the car door, she said.

Trying to keep the situation from escalating, Armstrong went with Warnock to a van, but didn't agree to leave the school. She said she was due in class, Olliverre said.

Warnock begged her to get back together with him and promised he would change, she said.

He drove off without her consent, headed to the Atlanta area, Olliverre said.

"The victim pretended as if they could get back together, as if everything was fine in order to get the defendant to return her home," she said.

Warnock's sister called him and said police were searching for him, and he agreed to pull over in Locust Grove where he was taken into custody without incident, Olliverre said.

While in jail, Warnock has called Armstrong and tried to make plans to be together after his release despite Armstrong saying she didn't want to have anything to do with him, she said.

Whitworth said Warnock will go to live with his grandmother in Dublin if he's released.

Warnock has two children and was working at Georgia Asphalt and pursuing his GED when he was arrested, she said.

Olliverre said Warnock was convicted of cocaine possession with intent to distribute in Dodge County in 2007.

Information from Telegraph archives was used in this report. To contact writer Amy Leigh Womack, call 744-4398 or find her on Twitter@awomackmacon.

This story was originally published December 22, 2015 at 5:33 PM with the headline "Prosecutor: Man accused in Macon abduction was 'possessive and controlling' ."