Man held hostage for hours and robbed at gunpoint after meeting woman from dating app

[GON]

Wow, very weird story. Lots of lessons learned in this crazy story. This happened just a skip and a jump from where I live.

The man was in the apartment for five minutes before things turned very, very bad. George from Seinfeld shrinkerage bad.

ABC News: Man held hostage for hours and robbed at gunpoint after meeting woman from dating app.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-held-hostage-hours-robbed-gunpoint-meeting-woman/story?id=88783770

 

[doitmyself]

Wow! is right. Some very messed up people and it seems that their bail seems rather low. The part where they attempted to force the victim to withdraw money from his bank via his cell phone and computer is a bit concerning to me. Are there protections for this? Could they have forced him to go to a drive-up teller/machine to withdraw money?

 

[dlundblad]

This is how the wife and I got together.

 

[B1974]

Well he got some action, just not the type of action he was looking for.

 

[walterjay]

Bail is too low.

 

[samven]

With his record I am really surprised there was any bail set.

 

[GON]

Wow! is right. Some very messed up people and it seems that their bail seems rather low. The part where they attempted to force the victim to withdraw money from his bank via his cell phone and computer is a bit concerning to me. Are there protections for this? Could they have forced him to go to a drive-up teller/machine to withdraw money?

I think many more charges could.have been filed than were, using electronics to commit bank fraud is a federal crime, I cant say for the state of Washington. Multiple additional charges could be filed for the forced naked pics, etc.

 

[PimTac]

With his record I am really surprised there was any bail set.

Around here you can kill someone and get out.

 

[hank2]

The very low bail amounts or complete lack of actual bail set around here for serious crimes is shocking. Especially for the past 10 years. Felonies and first-class misdemeanors.

Sentencing is another wildly questionable area here. Three years ago, a county judge here was quoted as telling a convicted man, "You deserve another chance." This was his 22nd trip to prison with five previous felonies. He got 18 months. They rarely press firearms violations, any of which would net a 5-year sentence.

 

[Yah-Tah-Hey]

Did she also take the dude's Moe Ginsburg suit?

 

[GON]

Did she also take the dude's Moe Ginsburg suit?

I will have to google Moe Ginsburg.

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

And this is why I don't use those... lol.

 

[SC Maintenance]

Years ago a divorced friend of mine told me he went on one of the big sites - don't remember which.

He put in all his information correctly but put some low number in for income - said he had no matches in his immediate area.

He went back and changed only his income to the true number - I am guessing 6 figures easily. Said he had like a million matches in his area.

 

[ArrestMeRedZ]

The judge had to keep bail low. Otherwise, the perp would have to kidnapp five more guys to cover it, rather than just a couple. Judge is just being considerate.

 

[M56959]

Had to moderate this topic several times and it end here.