Text leads to kidnapping charges
A D.C. couple was charged with kidnapping a woman and her 22-month-old child, Takoma Park police said.
Ashley N. Brown, 20, and Lamont D. Shepard, 21, were arrested after police said they received a text message from the victim saying that she and her child had been abducted and were in a car heading to an IHOP restaurant. Police set up surveillance in the 7400 block of New Hampshire Avenue and watched as the car pulled into the parking lot.
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