39-year-old James Larson Jr. was released from an 8-year prison term approximately two weeks ago. Since he was freed from the Oklahoma facility, Larson Jr. has been living at his father’s home in Lake Arrowhead, Missouri.
During the second week of May, Larson Jr. was using a dating app when he made the acquaintance of a 31-year-old woman from Kansas City.
According to reports, Larson Jr. invited the woman to come to his home for a visit. It is believed that she arrived on May 12.
A woman and her wife allegedly abducted her biological children in Missouri and took them to Arizona without permission.
Brittany Barnes is married to Ceairah Beverly. Barnes has three biological sons, ages 8, 9, and 10, of whom she does not have custody. According to reports, she lost custody of the children at the beginning of the year due to a few legal issues that she is currently dealing with.
On the morning of March 23, Barnes showed up at the Springfield, Missouri home of her children’s paternal grandmother, who currently has physical custody of the boys. Barnes retrieved her sons for an unsupervised visit.
Six people have been arrested for allegedly keeping a woman they met online captive for almost a week and forcing her to endure horrific forms of torture and abuse.
Last November, a woman from Maine moved to Athens, Texas, to live with six individuals. It was reported that the woman became acquainted with the people online.
When the woman decided that she wanted to move out of the residence, her roommates reportedly went to immense lengths to keep her from leaving.
A man is facing many charges after he was accused of imprisoning his girlfriend and torturing her for a month until she was able to free herself.
29-year-old Saul Ortega resides in Modesto, California. He recently reportedly started a relationship with a 25-year-old woman that also lives in Modesto.
Last Saturday, the woman notified the authorities and said that she had been kidnapped by Ortega and held for about a month. She reported that she was able to escape.
A couple in Palmdale allegedly kidnapped a child, and the woman and youngster remained barricaded in the apartment for nearly a full day while she streamed a live feed of the event on the internet.
Around 5:00 pm on October 21, deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Special Enforcement Bureau learned that a man and woman were in a Palmdale apartment with a child they allegedly kidnapped.
The authorities went to the apartment complex, and they reported that when they arrived, they found that the suspects were inside a unit on the second floor. They had reportedly barricaded themselves and the child in the apartment.
A Florida man was accused of armed kidnapping after he allegedly terrorized a woman he knew and threatened her with a blade.
On September 21, 27-year-old Sir Dangerous Lashawd London was at the Briarcrest Apartments in Winter Haven. The man was reportedly there with a woman that he knew, and she had two cars parked at the complex.
The pair reportedly got into a verbal altercation, and London allegedly snatched the woman’s car keys.
On August 27, a man and his young children were spending time together at Harris Riverfront Park in Huntington. The park runs alongside the Ohio River.
The father reported that a stranger approached while he and his children were seated at a picnic table. The unknown woman reportedly sat down without an invitation.
A couple in Phoenix is facing charges after they allegedly said an 18-month-old was taken when their truck was stolen, but the authorities reported that the child never existed.
40-year-old Stormee Wagner and her husband, 37-year-old James Wagner, reportedly had their vehicle taken without their permission last Wednesday afternoon. The couple said that an 18-month-old they were babysitting was still in their truck when they parked at a QuikTrip market, and someone took off with the vehicle and the child.
When the authorities learned about the alleged car theft and child abduction, they collected the details from the Wagner’s. The couple reportedly said that they were taking care of a child named Wendy when someone took their vehicle.
A man allegedly stalked a woman he previously worked with for over a month before reportedly shooting her husband and taking her hostage.
Justin Arthur-Ray Davis lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and recently left his place of employment.
Davis reportedly kept contacting one of his female coworkers for more than a month after severing ties with the company.
A New York landlord was arrested after he allegedly performed an illegal eviction by kidnapping two tenants at gunpoint and leaving them tied up in a secluded cemetery.
48-year-old Shawn Douglas lives in Albany in one of the units at the Grandview Terrance. Douglas has been the owner of the property since 2006, and he is the landlord.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic has left many people with financial struggles, several states, including New York, have implemented a halt on evictions.
The Orange County Criminal Lawyer Blog