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Brentwood: Woman Kidnapped, Withdraws Money from Bank

by ECT

The Brentwood Police Department confirmed a November 7 incident where a woman and her young son were kidnapped and drove to a bank where she withdraw $1,900 from her account.

According to Police, a Hispanic female and her son were exiting Kohl’s on Lone Tree Way around 11:30 am when she observed a Hispanic man sitting near her car. The male provided a sob story to her about being down on his luck without any money. He offered her a gold bar to purchase.

The female tried to comfort him when a second Hispanic male walked up behind her. The four entered her vehicle and out of fear for her and her sons life, drove them to Wells Fargo Bank on Lone Tree Way.

Police say that she cooperated where she withdrew $1,900 to purchase the gold bar. They then drove back to the Kohl’s parking lot where they were released. The two men then threw the gold bar at her before fleeing on foot. The gold bar was a fake per police and during the incident, no weapon was ever produced.

Brentwood Police stated Tuesday that the men involved played off sympathy and the case was labeled a kidnapping because the female and her son feared for her and her sons life.

Police explained that the female waited two days to report the incident because she was scared, but after believing the she saw a male similar to the subject from Kohl’s, she reported it believing he was following her.

Brentwood Police also confirmed this matches a similar incident in May where an elderly female was targeted using the same sob story and offered to buy the gold bar out of sympathy–the golf bar turned out to be a fake.

Brentwood Police provided no further details on the incident.

Correction
Brentwood Police clarified after this incident was published, that the female was never forced into the vehicle, she was cooperative and drove them to the bank to purchase the gold bar out of fear for her and her sons safety.

The Hispanic males were described as 5’6″ overweight in their 50’s (50-60) with brown eyes, one had black hair and the other had black/gray hair.

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5 comments

hstell Nov 24, 2015 - 6:42 pm

Pretty sure we’re going to have to say that if the woman withdrew cash out of fear for her life and her son’s, that’s still coercion. That and the fact that this woman hesitated to report this seem to suggest that she has issues regarding defending herself and can be easily intimidated. The criminal doesn’t have to have a gun to your head to be threatening. These guys need to be found ASAP. Anyone in a parking lot who has some off-the-wall proposal for you — get away and call for security. Don’t go close, don’t talk to them, and don’t fall for these ploys.

jb Nov 25, 2015 - 12:26 pm

I heard if you put in your pin code backwards at an atm that the machine will still give you cash and the police will be notified. Is this true?

Matthew Weeks Nov 25, 2015 - 4:04 pm

No.

Melanie Nov 25, 2015 - 7:25 pm

The lady should’ve entered the bank, with her son, and informed the teller of the situation. The bank goes on immediate lock down and the police are notified. Hopefully, if the police are well trained (unlike Stockton Bank of the West), they’d be able to catch the men on the spot.
…all in all, I’m glad her and her son are ok

0321jarhead Nov 26, 2015 - 10:02 am

Melanie did not think that perhaps the other guy stayed back with the kid in the car as mom and the other scum bag escorted her into the bank. Just a thought though I was not the fly on the wall.

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