ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said four people were arrested in an armed kidnapping incident.
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Deputies said they responded to Barnett Place around 2:10 p.m. Saturday for a woman in her 40s who knocked on a door and pleaded for help, saying she had been held against her will.
The woman said she had escaped from a nearby property.
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Deputies found her with minor injuries.
On Sunday, investigators said 37-year-old Monica Latresis Reed, 19-year-old Damon Andrew Tromp, 21-year-old Kevin Rudolph Holmes and 39-year-old Cortez Marenso Bernard Jackson were taken into custody.
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The sheriff’s office said the suspects are being charged with armed kidnapping and false imprisonment with a weapon. Reed also faces an aggravated battery charge for allegedly pistol-whipping the victim.
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