Police: Man charged with kidnapping after girl, 17, released

Police say a man has been charged with kidnapping after a teenage girl was released unharmed in Mississippi.

Posted: Feb 12, 2018 6:52 PM

Posted By: Craig Ford

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Police say a man has been charged with kidnapping after a teenage girl was released unharmed in Mississippi.

Jackson police spokesman Roderick Holmes tells The Clarion-Ledger in a statement that 20-year-old Illya Lawson was arrested Saturday night and charged in the Friday morning incident. Holmes says the 17-year-old girl had been reported by a parent as being abducted.

Officers were told the girl was waiting for the school bus to arrive when a man forced her into a dark-colored vehicle. The man drove her around before releasing her near her school.

It is unclear if Lawson has a lawyer.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 143879

Reported Deaths: 3676

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Hinds	9520	193
Harrison	6801	105
Jackson	6043	116
Rankin	5219	96
Lee	4770	94
Madison	4595	102
Forrest	3606	85
Jones	3416	87
Lauderdale	3340	142
Lafayette	3120	47
Washington	3043	106
Lamar	2738	49
Bolivar	2375	83
Oktibbeha	2374	60
Lowndes	2275	62
Neshoba	2170	113
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Marshall	2065	47
Leflore	2003	89
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Monroe	1888	77
Sunflower	1887	54
Lincoln	1836	64
Warren	1717	57
Tate	1630	49
Pike	1599	58
Union	1590	25
Copiah	1588	40
Yazoo	1495	38
Scott	1494	29
Coahoma	1467	42
Itawamba	1444	33
Simpson	1431	53
Alcorn	1427	24
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Leake	1316	43
Holmes	1242	61
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Marion	1090	46
Attala	1061	33
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Clay	862	26
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Calhoun	712	13
Stone	710	14
Carroll	701	14
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Smith	686	16
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Perry	639	25
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Greene	582	22
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Jefferson Davis	538	17
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Amite	507	14
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Wilkinson	384	22
Jefferson	335	11
Franklin	315	5
Sharkey	306	17
Choctaw	305	7
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Cases: 232506

Reported Deaths: 3457

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Coosa	306	4
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