Apex man accused of imprisoning 16-year-old employee at parent's home in Cumberland County

An Apex arrested on a Cumberland County warrant last month is accused of holding a 16-year-old employee captive at his parent's Gray's Creek home for two days, according to court records.

Suvid James Kakkar, 23, is charged with felonious restraint, court records state.

On June 6, according to an arrest warrant, the 16-year-old was forced into a truck after she went to pick up her paycheck from Kakkar at his Sanford business. The record states that Kakkar learned the teen had used drugs, he refused to hand over her check and instead forced her into his truck.

According to business records maintained by the Secretary of State, Kakkar is owner of Apex Lawn Company LLC. The principal office is located at 4534 N.C. 87 S. in Sanford,

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said it received a report June 8 that the employee was being held against her will at Kakkar's parent's home in the 4000 block of Trista Lane, court records state.

According to the record, as deputies were parked down the street from the home to conduct surveillance, they witnessed the 16-year-old climbing out a bedroom window, the record states.

The record said that during an interview with investigators, the teen reportedly claimed when she would try to leave, Kakkar, "would stand in front of the bedroom door and refused to let her out."

Kakkar allegedly corroborated the employee's story and told detectives he took the teen to his parents' house to "assist her with withdrawal from the illegal drugs," the record states.

Kakkar was arrested just before midnight on June 8 at a Waffle House in Wade, according to an arrest report.

He was released and placed on GPS monitoring on June 11 after posting $10,000 bail. As a condition of his release, he is prohibited fro having contact with the victim, according to court records.

Kakkar said by phone Wednesday that he believes the Sheriff's Office did a poor job with the investigation.

"There’s much more going on between (the victim) and her family,” he said. “The way the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department handled this was so bizarre and completely unjust.”

Public safety reporter Joseph Pierre can be reached at jpierre@gannett.com.