The Laurel Police Department has obtained charges for Brittany A. Copelin, 29 years of age, of Charles County, Maryland in connection with the kidnapping of a Laurel woman that occurred on Friday, March 24, 2023, in Laurel, Maryland. At approximately 9:57 P.M., on Sunday, March 26, 2023, Laurel police officers responded to the 14000 block of Korba Place, Laurel, Maryland for a missing person report. Lauren L. Kingsbury, 25 years of age, from Laurel, Maryland, was reported missing by her mother.
After nearly two days, a standoff in the Hybla Valley area of Fairfax County is over after police took into custody an armed woman and kidnapping suspect who had been barricaded inside her vehicle for 34 hours.