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Updated: 3:15 PM PST, February 24, 2021
The landlord, Shawn Douglas, 48, was arrested on Monday, and arraigned on charges of second-degree kidnapping. He is being held on $50,000 bail at the Albany County jail, Law and Crime reported.
An Albany landlord unable to evict two tenants due to COVID-19 restrictions allegedly took matters into his own hands to remove them from his property when he kidnapped the pair using zip ties, tape and pillowcases before dumping them in a cemetery in a remote area, according to police and law enforcement officials.
The landlord, Shawn Douglas, 48, was arrested on Monday and arraigned on charges of second-degree kidnapping, a class B felony. He is being held on $50,000 bail at the Albany County jail, Law and Crime reported. Douglas’s bond had already been posted, according to the Albany City Court’s office.
Landlord Accused Of Kidnapping Tenants, Leaving Them In Cemetery
Shawn Douglas was arrested after he allegedly abducted two tenants he was unable to evict due to COVID-19 restrictions.
A landlord in Albany, New York, is facing kidnapping charges after he allegedly tied up two of his tenants, covered their heads with pillowcases and left them at a snowy cemetery.
Albany Police arrested 48-year-old Shawn Douglas on Monday afternoon and charged him with second-degree kidnapping in connection with the incident on Sunday morning, according to the Albany Times-Union.
According to charging documents obtained by HuffPost, Douglas forcibly restrained a 32-year-old male tenant and a 21-year-old female tenant sometime between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.
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