Man accused of holding phone for ransom
"I was driving down 13 and the little dog was out in the road... I stopped traffic, saved it, brought it home, gave it a bath," the man told Fox 8. He asked us not identify him and we agreed because he has not been charged with a crime. lost cellphone ransom,
The 27-year-old said last week, he placed an ad about the dog in the "lost and found" section of the local Mansfield newspaper. Sarah Branham's two-year-old niece lost her Chihuahua named Prince. Sarah called the man to see whether he had the girl's dog. dealing in stolen property grand theft over $300,
"He asked us if we were offering a reward and we told him 'no' that it was a baby's dog and we just wanted it back," said Branham.
Sarah said the man told her the dog was at a friend's house and he'd call back when he got it. She says he refused to give any more information unless she paid money... then, she couldn't reach him.
"Finally after an hour and a half, we called the cops," she said. lost cell phone ransom $300,
"I said I didn't have the dog, so I think she panicked and thought that I wasn't gonna give the dog back," the man said. vehicle information and description of Ervin to deputies shortly after the transaction was made,
Police told Sarah to offer the man 100 dollars, then meet him in this parking lot, where officers would be waiting.
"So we offered him 100 dollars and he called us right back," said Branham.
Police arrested the man, but it turns out the dog was not the one Sarah was looking for.
"I said, 'Is there a reward out for the dog,' and that's all I said anything about money. I never asked the girl for money or say, 'Hey, I'm not gonna give your dog back if you don't give me money,' or nothing like that," the man said. lost cellphone ransom,
The Mansfield law director will decide whether charges will be filed. The rightful owner of the Chihuahua picked her up from the Richland County Humane Society Wednesday afternoon.
Source: fox8
