GLENWOOD, Minn. - A fugitive accused in Pope County of kidnapping and beating his ex-girlfriend has been arrested in Anoka County.

Pope County Sheriff Timothy Riley said Wednesday authorities arrested the 39-year-old Dennis Aase after he was spotted in a car in Anoka County Tuesday evening.

Riley says his investigators worked with the state Department of Corrections fugitive task force to locate the man who was on the run about a week. Aasen was taken into custody without incident around 6:30 p.m.

He was transported to the Douglas County jail and is awaiting his first court appearance on charges of kidnapping, burglary, domestic assault, false imprisonment and terroristic threats.  

Authorities say Aase broke into the home of his former girlfriend near Clontarf May 17, abducted her, beat her and took off with her in her SUV. The woman was found later that day along Highway 10 near Walker with her broken-down vehicle.

She was hospitalized with undisclosed injuries.

KARE 11 usually does not name a suspect before he or she is charged: however, Dennis Aase was the subject of a much publicized manhunt who was identified because authorities felt he was a threat to the public.

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