5 individuals have been arrested after police say they kidnapped a 20-year-old lady and imprisoned her in a cage.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Workplace advised WJBF investigators responded to a house on Nellie Drive on Tuesday round 10:30 p.m. after they acquired experiences of a sufferer of false imprisonment.
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Authorities advised WJBF {that a} witness had seen the lady locked in a canine cage inside 32-year-old Shawna Sue Powell’s residence whereas he was there to select up a few of his belongings. He advised deputies the lady was bare, overwhelmed severely, and requested him for assist.
WJBF mentioned when the witness confronted Powell in regards to the ladies within the cage, Powell advised him, “That’s my whore. She stole a bunch of stuff from me, so she goes to be my intercourse slave, and I’m going to pimp her out till she pays it off.”
The witness advised officers that he then overheard somebody inside the house state that a number of individuals have been on their method to “have their manner together with her.”
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Based on WJBF, the witness advised deputies that he knew two individuals inside the house have been armed and that when he first arrived, one of many males pointed a gun at him attributable to not understanding who he was. He implicated 19-year-old Dawson Alexander Weston was at residence and all the time carrying a weapon.
WJBF mentioned deputies on the perimeter of the principle residence seen motion inside. The deputies tried to instruct these inside to come back out with their fingers up. WJBF added that investigators even tried to contact Powell by identify.
A short time later, WJBF mentioned 24-year-old Demichael Rashawn Dawson, a person deputies believed was armed, exited the house.
Dawson advised investigators that extra individuals have been inside, and three pit bulls contained in the residence have been let outdoors to let the deputies enter, in response to WJBF.
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After they entered the house, authorities mentioned deputies discovered an empty cage that was believed to be the place the sufferer was held. As well as, human and animal feces have been in several rooms across the residence.
WJBF mentioned investigators finally discovered the sufferer mendacity on a mattress within the entrance left bed room of the house, injured and emotionally distraught. Based on deputies, she was discovered with a number of accidents to her face; her left eye was severely swollen and bruised.
Authorities advised WJBF they believed there was not less than yet one more individual inside the house. They then tried to barter them out earlier than Powell exited the room.
Powell requested investigators what was happening and mentioned she had been asleep.
SouthStar EMS responded and transported the sufferer to an space hospital. Animal management additionally responded by taking the canines.
Investigators charged Powell, Weston, Dawson, 29-year-old Anjelika Denice Figueroa, and 18-year-old Savannah Marie Piazzi with kidnapping, false imprisonment, aggravated assault, and firearm possession in the course of the fee of a criminal offense.
WJBF added that Dawson was moreover charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
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