LAWRENCE — A trio of suspects are accused of kidnapping a man and taking him to a tomb where the victim was expecting to be killed.
The Lawrence Journal-World reported that Tahreon Allen, 20, of Lawrence, Mustafa Darrell Muhammad-Springs, 19, of Kansas City, Kan., and a third suspect, Jean Willy Petit Frere, are charged with aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery and aggravated residential burglary. Allen and Mumhammad-Springs are in custody. Frere is not in custody, the newspaper said.
The trio are accused of entering the man’s residence on the night of May 30, putting a pillowcase over his head and bounding him with duct tape, the newspaper reported. They demanded $100,000.
According to an arrest affidavit, the suspects then drove the man to several locations in three of his vehicles — a Mercedes Benz, a Porsche and a pickup — before leading him to apartment complex, where they led him down a slippery grass hill, onto concrete steps and into what was described as a “concrete tomb with a dirt floor.”
The 65-year-old victim told officers he believed he was going to be killed.
He was held there for about an hour, the newspaper reported, before the suspects attempted to take him back to a vehicle.
A passing security guard noticed the commotion, and wrested the victim from the suspects, who then fled on foot and took off in one of the victim’s cars.
A GPS tracker led officers to where Allen worked, where he was arrested after a short foot chase.
Muhammad-Springs was arrested in mid-June.
Illegal dumpster usage draws scorn
ALTAMONT — Altamont city officials are dealing with an ongoing trashy situation.
City Council members discussed at their July 13 meeting several instances of illegal dumping at the town dumpsters.
Photos of mattresses, limbs and oil were shown to the Council members, the Parsons Sun reported.
City ordinances allow only household trash in the dumpsters.
Members discussed how to better police the area. Security cameras have been recently installed, but a hard drive issue prevented video footage from being used.
