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Kenner, La. — A Durham couple has been arrested in connection to a beating and kidnapping that occurred close to New Orleans on June 27.
Malcom Reed and his spouse, Misanda Reed, had been charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault with a firearm and aggravated kidnapping.
Officers discovered a person was severely overwhelmed, with a damaged leg and a doable damaged arm in Kenner, La. The person’s wrists and ankles confirmed indicators of being certain.
The injured man informed police he was from Houston and was in Kenner to satisfy along with his buddy from faculty, Misanda Reed at an Airbnb.
He was confronted by Malcom Reed, who had a handgun, and he was tied to a chair and interrogated for a number of hours about his relationship with Misanda Reed. He didn’t know that Misanda Reed was married, officers mentioned.
The person was overwhelmed with a bat and was reduce with a knife whereas a gun was held to his head, officers mentioned. It seems he was additionally robbed.
After the beating, he was pressured into his automobile by the couple, and so they drove him down the road and dumped him out of his automotive.
Group members and Linkedin say that Malcom Reed is the proprietor and founding father of the Durham non-profit D3 Group Outreach on Angier Avenue. The photograph of Reed on Linkedin matches the mugshot photograph from Louisiana officers.
Samuel Jenkins, an area barber, mentioned Malcom Reed was his tenant and he rented area to his outreach program. However he mentioned Malcom Reed left years in the past, with out a lot discover.
“It was actually irritating as a result of folks beginning to come by and say hey have you ever seen him. I need to get some shirts made,” he mentioned. The non-profit was promoting t-shirts, in response to posts on D3 Group Outreach’s Fb web page.
WRAL Information continues to be working to be taught if this non-profit continues to be lively locally. D3 Group Outreach has been working for 10 years, in response to their web site.
“Quite a lot of instances, you don’t notice who you impact. You bought mother and father and kids who imagine in you,” Jenkins mentioned.
The couple was arrested in Durham on July 14 by a U.S. Marshals Service job drive and are awaiting extradition to Louisiana.
