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: 314509

Reported Deaths: 7247

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DeSoto	21626	259
Hinds	20359	415
Harrison	17934	309
Rankin	13634	278
Jackson	13447	246
Madison	10099	217
Lee	9980	174
Jones	8381	163
Forrest	7683	152
Lauderdale	7191	241
Lowndes	6401	147
Lamar	6230	86
Lafayette	6200	118
Washington	5339	134
Bolivar	4802	132
Oktibbeha	4627	98
Panola	4588	107
Pearl River	4512	146
Marshall	4443	103
Warren	4393	121
Pontotoc	4207	72
Monroe	4113	133
Union	4110	76
Neshoba	4031	176
Lincoln	3968	110
Hancock	3793	86
Leflore	3497	125
Sunflower	3360	90
Tate	3340	84
Pike	3325	105
Scott	3159	73
Alcorn	3133	68
Yazoo	3116	69
Itawamba	3004	77
Copiah	2970	65
Coahoma	2954	79
Simpson	2952	88
Tippah	2887	68
Adams	2868	82
Prentiss	2797	60
Marion	2692	80
Leake	2683	73
Wayne	2626	41
Grenada	2614	87
Covington	2596	81
George	2480	48
Newton	2468	61
Winston	2272	81
Tishomingo	2269	67
Jasper	2211	48
Attala	2144	73
Chickasaw	2078	57
Holmes	1891	73
Clay	1854	54
Stone	1828	33
Tallahatchie	1788	41
Clarke	1780	80
Calhoun	1708	32
Yalobusha	1643	38
Smith	1624	34
Walthall	1339	45
Greene	1306	33
Lawrence	1286	24
Montgomery	1269	42
Noxubee	1267	34
Perry	1263	38
Amite	1231	42
Carroll	1218	29
Webster	1145	32
Jefferson Davis	1071	33
Tunica	1057	26
Claiborne	1024	30
Benton	995	25
Humphreys	967	33
Kemper	958	28
Franklin	838	23
Quitman	809	16
Choctaw	764	18
Wilkinson	673	31
Jefferson	657	28
Sharkey	502	17
Issaquena	168	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 532895

Reported Deaths: 11001

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Jefferson	77143	1528
Mobile	41089	808
Madison	34837	505
Tuscaloosa	25810	454
Montgomery	24355	588
Shelby	23730	249
Baldwin	21191	309
Lee	15892	171
Calhoun	14522	316
Morgan	14324	279
Etowah	13861	353
Marshall	12250	223
Houston	10581	281
Elmore	10060	205
Limestone	9986	151
Cullman	9705	194
St. Clair	9702	243
Lauderdale	9441	242
DeKalb	8846	187
Talladega	8255	176
Walker	7246	277
Autauga	6938	108
Jackson	6815	112
Blount	6694	137
Colbert	6310	134
Coffee	5524	119
Dale	4850	111
Russell	4432	38
Chilton	4308	112
Franklin	4262	82
Covington	4136	118
Tallapoosa	4039	152
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Chambers	3578	123
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Clarke	3511	61
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Pike	3113	77
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Pickens	2347	61
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Randolph	1817	42
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Washington	1676	39
Macon	1599	50
Clay	1568	57
Crenshaw	1527	57
Cleburne	1491	41
Lamar	1429	35
Lowndes	1390	53
Wilcox	1271	30
Bullock	1228	41
Conecuh	1106	29
Coosa	1079	28
Perry	1078	26
Sumter	1048	32
Greene	925	34
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