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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: 295295

Reported Deaths: 6724

County	Cases	Deaths
DeSoto	19672	230
Hinds	18799	386
Harrison	16710	278
Rankin	12685	264
Jackson	12592	226
Lee	9687	160
Madison	9457	199
Jones	7962	146
Forrest	7208	136
Lauderdale	6833	226
Lowndes	6022	137
Lamar	5880	80
Lafayette	5733	113
Washington	5218	130
Bolivar	4609	123
Oktibbeha	4413	93
Panola	4303	94
Pearl River	4167	130
Warren	4129	114
Pontotoc	4088	69
Marshall	4031	92
Monroe	3989	126
Union	3953	74
Neshoba	3807	168
Lincoln	3541	102
Hancock	3473	74
Leflore	3375	118
Sunflower	3183	86
Tate	3024	74
Pike	3001	95
Scott	2938	70
Alcorn	2918	61
Itawamba	2899	75
Yazoo	2892	62
Tippah	2787	65
Copiah	2778	57
Coahoma	2775	68
Simpson	2748	78
Prentiss	2697	58
Wayne	2538	41
Marion	2526	78
Leake	2524	71
Covington	2488	79
Grenada	2473	77
Adams	2343	77
George	2317	45
Newton	2296	52
Winston	2216	75
Jasper	2134	45
Tishomingo	2123	65
Attala	2065	69
Chickasaw	2011	51
Holmes	1822	70
Clay	1791	50
Stone	1724	29
Tallahatchie	1705	39
Clarke	1693	71
Calhoun	1578	28
Smith	1527	31
Yalobusha	1448	36
Greene	1276	33
Walthall	1241	40
Noxubee	1228	29
Montgomery	1224	38
Perry	1216	34
Lawrence	1203	21
Carroll	1182	25
Amite	1115	33
Webster	1106	30
Jefferson Davis	1017	31
Tunica	990	23
Claiborne	984	29
Benton	933	24
Humphreys	928	27
Kemper	902	23
Quitman	771	14
Franklin	761	19
Choctaw	695	16
Jefferson	625	27
Wilkinson	624	26
Sharkey	488	17
Issaquena	167	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 493769

Reported Deaths: 9931

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Jefferson	71073	1374
Mobile	36139	727
Madison	32425	455
Tuscaloosa	24184	410
Montgomery	22586	500
Shelby	21968	215
Baldwin	19758	283
Lee	14967	153
Morgan	13667	251
Calhoun	13300	286
Etowah	13184	319
Marshall	11262	209
Houston	10104	261
Elmore	9385	185
Limestone	9363	134
Cullman	8897	181
St. Clair	8827	223
Lauderdale	8607	211
DeKalb	8459	175
Talladega	7523	163
Walker	6524	255
Jackson	6495	102
Autauga	6270	91
Blount	6102	127
Colbert	6004	118
Coffee	5249	102
Dale	4642	107
Russell	4049	30
Franklin	3991	77
Covington	3960	106
Chilton	3876	100
Escambia	3776	72
Tallapoosa	3588	142
Clarke	3436	50
Chambers	3413	110
Dallas	3403	141
Pike	2934	72
Lawrence	2834	84
Marion	2819	95
Winston	2468	67
Bibb	2450	60
Geneva	2399	70
Marengo	2364	55
Pickens	2246	54
Barbour	2116	51
Hale	2105	68
Fayette	2007	56
Butler	1968	66
Henry	1824	41
Cherokee	1770	38
Monroe	1661	39
Randolph	1637	40
Washington	1565	35
Crenshaw	1448	54
Clay	1444	54
Macon	1420	43
Cleburne	1378	39
Lamar	1328	33
Lowndes	1311	51
Wilcox	1218	25
Bullock	1169	36
Conecuh	1067	24
Perry	1056	27
Sumter	985	31
Coosa	889	23
Greene	882	32
Choctaw	551	23
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0