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Detroit woman, 23, and her two accomplices, 18 and 19, charged after ‘befriending’ a new mom then kidnapping her of 14-day-old twins – Following Amber Alert, they boys were handed over to cops safe, the next day

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1414&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Fourteen-day-old twin boys&comma; Montana Alexander Bridges and Matthew Jace Bridges&comma; were snatched by the trio&comma; on Sunday&comma; Aug 21<&sol;strong> from a hotel room in Livonia&comma; Michigan <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1414&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The parents were staying there after someone tried to break into their home the previous week <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1414&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>The new mom called 911 who issued an Amber Alert for the twin boys and they were returned unharmed to Detroit Police the following day <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1414&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Shantell Re-Azia Jones&comma; 23&comma; Curtis Lee Slay&comma; 18&comma; and Davion Demetrius Sherman Chandler&comma; 19&comma; are being charged each with two counts of kidnapping <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1414&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Four suspects were arrested but the decision on charging is pending for the fourth suspect because she is a juvenile<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1414&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>They are also charged each&comma; with two counts of unlawful imprisonment&comma; one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and three counts of larceny <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1414&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Shantell Re-Azia Jones<&sol;strong> is said to have offered the 30-year-old new mom &&num;8216&semi;much-needed assistance&&num;8217&semi;&comma; befriended the mother with the intention of stealing her babies<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1414&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She then snatched the twin boys when their mom left her hotel room and fled with the assistance of Slay and Chandler <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1414&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The new mom called 911 immediately and the Amber Alert was issued showcasing the kidnappers and their getaway vehicle <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1414&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Jones who is a single mother with two young daughters turned herself in to police <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;08&sol;Shantell-Re-Azia-Jones-and-Curtis-Lee-Slay-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-448154" style&equals;"width&colon;785px&semi;height&colon;1274px" width&equals;"785" height&equals;"1274"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Shantell Re-Azia Jones&comma; 23&comma; Curtis Lee Slay&comma; 18&comma; and Davion Demetrius Sherman Chandler&comma; 19&comma; were all charged with kidnapping after trying to steal the infants from a hotel in Livonia&comma; Michigan&comma; on Sunday&period; Two of the suspects are shown after their arrest<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A Detroit woman and two teenagers have been arrested after allegedly befriending a new mom and kidnaping her 14-day-old twin babies&period; The trio have been charged in the kidnapping of 14-day-old Michigan newborn twins from their mother&&num;8217&semi;s hotel room earlier this week&period;<br>Shantell Re-Azia Jones&comma; Curtis Lee Slay and Davion Demetrius Sherman Chandler&comma; are being charged each with two counts of kidnapping&comma; two counts of unlawful imprisonment&comma; one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and three counts of larceny in a building&comma; according to the Wayne County Prosecutor&&num;8217&semi;s Office&period;<br>Jones&comma; 23&comma; Slay&comma; 18&comma; and Chandler&comma; 19&comma; were charged after stealing the infants from a hotel&period;<br>The mother reported her 14-day-old children missing from a Quality Inn hotel in Livonia&comma; Michigan&comma; on Sunday night&comma; according to Livonia Police Capt&period; Gregory Yon&period;<br>Montana and Matthew Bridges were kidnapped Sunday night from the Quality Inn on Plymouth Road in Livonia&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;08&sol;Montana-Alexander-Bridges-and-Matthew-Jace-Bridges-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-448155" style&equals;"width&colon;836px&semi;height&colon;911px" width&equals;"836" height&equals;"911"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Fourteen-day-old twins&comma; Montana Alexander Bridges and Matthew Jace Bridges&comma; were snatched by the trio&comma; before being safely returned to Detroit Police<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Four suspects were taken into custody within hours of recovering the infants&period; However&comma; a charging decision regarding the unidentified fourth suspect&comma; a juvenile&comma; is also being reviewed&comma; prosecutors said&period;<br>The trio have been accused of snatching the new born twin boys when the 30-year-old mother was briefly out of the room prosecutors said&period; It is alleged that they had promised the new mother much-needed assistance with the children&period; Authorities allege Jones had befriended the babies’ mother&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;all the while intending to steal them from their mother&period;<br>The twins and their parents had been staying at the hotel&period; Their father told the media this week they were at the hotel because someone had previously tried to break into their home&period;<br>The disappearance of the babies launched an Amber Alert across the region &&num;8211&semi; an abduction emergency alert broadcast asking the general public to help find missing children considered to be in imminent danger&period;<br>But the infant twins&comma; Montana Alexander Bridges and Matthew Jace Bridges&comma; were returned unharmed to the Detroit Police Department the next morning&period; An Amber Alert was issued Monday morning and was canceled when the boys were dropped off at Detroit’s 9th Precinct before noon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;08&sol;Shantell-Jones-left-Curtis-Slay-middle-and-Davion-Sherman-Chandler-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-448172" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;352px" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"352"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Shantell Jones&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; Curtis Slay&comma; &lbrack;center&rsqb;&comma; and Davion Sherman Chandler are being charged each with two counts of kidnapping&comma; two counts of unlawful imprisonment&comma; one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and three counts of larceny in a building <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;08&sol;Getaway-vehicle-used-by-Shantell-Re-Azia-Jones-Curtis-Lee-Slay-and-Davion-Demetrius-Sherman-Chandle-after-baby-snatcing-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-448157" style&equals;"width&colon;847px&semi;height&colon;434px" width&equals;"847" height&equals;"434"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>The trio of Jones&comma; Slay&comma; and Chandler reportedly&comma; snatched the infant twins when the 30-year-old mother was briefly out of the room&comma; then fled in this vehicle<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The new mom called 911 just after 10pm on Sunday to report the missing children&period; At which point&comma; Detroit Police issued the amber alert which was broadcast at 6am on Monday morning&period;<br>Jones had allegedly befriended the mother&comma; offering help with her newborns&comma; while her alleged accomplices&comma; Chandler and Slay&comma; assisted Jones with the abduction&period; The role of the juvenile was not stated&period;<br>The babies were dropped off at a precinct and then taken to the hospital to be evaluated&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;The children were turned in to the Detroit Police Department on August 21&comma; 2023&comma; at 9&period;45am&comma;&&num;8217&semi; police said&period;<br> &&num;8220&semi;They are in good condition&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Detroit Police Chief James White said during a press conference Tuesday&period;<br>Jones&comma; Chandler and Slay were each charged with two counts of kidnapping&comma; two counts of unlawful imprisonment&comma; three counts of larceny&comma; and a single count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping on Thursday night&period;<br>With the charging decision regarding a juvenile under review&comma; Jones&comma; Chandler and Slay were slapped with the kidnapping-related charges&period;<br>All three have been denied bond and currently remain remanded in the Wayne County Jail&comma; following their arraignment Thursday in Livonia&&num;8217&semi;s 16th District Court&comma; by Barbara Scherr&comma; the presiding magistrate&comma; who said the charges were &&num;8216&semi;extremely serious&&num;8217&semi;&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;It is hard to imagine a worse scenario for a new mother&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a statement&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;08&sol;Getaway-vehicle-used-by-Shantell-Re-Azia-Jones-Curtis-Lee-Slay-and-Davion-Demetrius-Sherman-Chandle-after-baby-snatcing-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-448160" style&equals;"width&colon;839px&semi;height&colon;619px" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"619"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>The new mom called 911 immediately she noticed her babies were gone&period; Detroit police issued an Amber Alert for the vehicle and it&&num;8217&semi;s occupants&comma; warning that they kidnapped 14-day-old twin babies<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8216&semi;The evidence in this case will show that these defendants engaged in a scheme to dupe the mother of these barely two-week-old babies&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;They allegedly promised her some much-needed assistance to gain access to her children with the express intent on stealing them&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the prosecutor added&period;<br>The attorney representing the trio at the arraignment said non of them had criminal history&comma; adding that <br>Jones who is a single mother with two young daughters had turned herself in to Detroit police&period; <br>Her accomplices Chandler and Slay&comma; however&comma; live with their families in the city&period; <br>The three child kidnappers are expected to appear at a probable cause conference later this month on August 31&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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