17-04-2025
Woman kidnapped and robbed of $250K at coffee shop, OK cops say. Now, 6 arrested
A woman with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash on her made a stop at a coffee shop, Oklahoma deputies said.
But a vehicle followed behind her on June 14 and two armed men kidnapped her at the Edmond cafe, according to the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office.
They tied her up, beat her, stole the cash she had and used her phone to send money to one of the suspects, deputies said. The woman was robbed of $250,000.
Phone pings led authorities to the woman in Oklahoma City, but the accused kidnappers were largely unknown for months, deputies said.
Now, six people have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and robbery, the sheriff's office announced on April 15.
The suspects were arrested in Texas, Sheriff Tommie Johnson said during a news conference shared by KWTV. They were identified as:
Dallas Jacquet, 39 Brandon Ford, 43 Demerce Dennis, 29 Harron Jennings, 28 Kadarryus Caples, 24 Gordon Scott, 33
Johnson said the kidnapping and robbery were not random, and officials believe the suspects did not know the woman was carrying a large sum of cash when they followed her. The woman said she planned to use the cash to make upgrades to her salon, deputies said.
The six suspects were in Oklahoma to illegally purchase marijuana to sell in the Houston area as part of an illegal business, Johnson said. As they were loading the weed into their vehicle, they saw the woman drive by and decided to follow her, police said.
Cameras on the woman's Tesla, in addition to other Flock cameras, led to the identification of one suspect, deputies said. A nearly year-long investigation identified five others.
The six arrested are facing several charges, including conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to commit kidnapping for extortion, conjoint robbery, kidnapping for extortion and use of a firearm for commission of a felony, Johnson said.
Edmond is about a 15-mile drive north from Oklahoma City.
