February 20, 2010 Mall kidnapping,robbery suspect captured www.privateofficer.com
Police said a man jailed in a kidnapping and robbery of a woman at Quail Springs Mall followed the victim from a store to her car and robbed her of jewelry, money, expensive accessories and her sport utility vehicle.
Marion Eugene Johnson, 21, of Oklahoma City, was booked into the Oklahoma County jail Friday on complaints of kidnapping, armed robbery and receiving stolen property and eight unrelated warrants, according to a police report released Wednesday. He remained jailed Wednesday in lieu of $72,375 bail.
Surveillance video showed a man following Kathleen Grizzle, 44, of Oklahoma City, out of the mall about 11:20 a.m. Jan. 12, the report states.
When the woman got to her SUV in the parking lot, a man jumped in, told her he had a gun, demanded her money and jewelry and threatened to kill her, according to the report. The woman struggled with the robber, got out of the SUV and ran away. The robber drove the vehicle out of the parking space, hit an adjacent vehicle and sped off, police reports said.
The woman was not seriously hurt, police said. Her SUV was recovered at a northwest Oklahoma City apartment complex.
The robber made off with Grizzle’s platinum ring valued at $21,000, her wedding band, her $350 purse and its contents valued at more than $400, according to the report.
Detectives visited pawn shops to tell them about the ring, the report states. An employee at Extra Cash Pawn, 2204 W Hefner Road, The Village, called police Friday to say someone was in the store trying to pawn the ring.
Police arrested Johnson at the pawn shop.
Johnson also had two of the woman’s frequent customer cards at the time of his arrest, police said. His cell phone had a number stored on its contacts list that had been dialed from Grizzle’s stolen cell phone.
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