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		</div><h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Emmanuel Franklin police said ran a cheap scheme that &#8216;extorted $130 from his mother by faking his own kidnapping and telling her his &#8220;abductors&#8221; would kill him if she didn’t put the money in a mailbox&#8217;</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>He was arrested Sunday in Sumter, South Carolina and charged with blackmail<br />
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<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>19-year-old Franklin &#8216;s mother received a call on Jan 22 from a man using a private number who said her son would be killed if she didn&#8217;t put $130 in a neighborhood mailbox</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Franklin allegedly, has admitted to faking his abduction to get the money</strong></span></h6>
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Emmanuel Franklin [photo], was arrested Sunday after in Sumter, SC. He&#8217;s admitted he ;faked his own kidnapping and extorted $130 from his mother by making her believe he&#8217;d be killed if she didn&#8217;t pay up, cops said<br />
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">A 19-year-old in South Carolina has been accused of faking his own kidnapping and extorting $130 from his mother by making her believe he&#8217;d be killed if she didn&#8217;t pay up.<br />
Emmanuel Franklin was arrested on Sunday and charged with blackmail, according to the Sumter County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<br />
Franklin&#8217;s mother told deputies she received a call on January 22 from her son and an unknown man using a private number on Friday, and the man demanded that she put $130 in a neighborhood mailbox or else he would kill him. ; Authorities say the teen later admitted to making the story up to get money from his mother.<br />
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The mailbox allegedly belonged to Franklin&#8217;s father.<br />
It is unclear whether Franklin is in custody as of Wednesday as jail records are not currently available.<br />
The mother&#8217;s name was not disclosed by the Sumter County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.</p>
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‘Dumb!’ Emmanuel Franklin, 19, arrested for extorting $130 from his mother, faking his own kidnapping and telling her his “abductors” would kill him if she didn’t put the money in a mailbox
