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Maryland Pair Kidnapped Woman From Restaurant, Left Her Beaten Body On Roadside: Police
A pair of Maryland man have been arrested for kidnapping and assaulting a victim, authorities said.
Javier Antonio Ortiz and Edwin Manuel Reyes, both 22 of Hyattsville, convinced the woman to leave the Unplugged Restaurant and Sports Bar, located on Georgia Avenue in Wheaton with them on Feb. 5, Montgomery County police said.
The victim, who knew the men, got in their car and, once inside, was beaten and threatened with a handgun when she tried to get out, police said.
Reyes and Ortiz drove away from the location with the victim, who, before losing consciousness, was pulled out o…
Man Who Tried Sex Trafficking Woman In Maryland May Have More Victims: Police
A man who tried sex trafficking a woman in Maryland may have more victims, police say.
An investigation into Ernest Wilkerson, of Rockville, was launched in December 2021 after a female said she was sex trafficked by him in October of that year, Montgomery County police said.
Wilkerson, 32, was arrested on Jan. 27, 2022 near Heartfields Road in Silver Spring, where he tried to pick up a trafficking victim in his red 2009 Cadillac DTS, authorities said.
His intent was to take her to a hotel to meet with individuals for the purpose of sexual exploitation, police said.
Detectives h…
