Threats made to beat stepson and demand money, Collinsville IL
AssaultA caller from Texas reports that people staying with his stepson in Collinsville threatened to beat the stepson because they owed him money. They demanded money be sent via Cash App and appear to be holding the stepson's phone hostage. The caller does not know their identities.
Audio|Source: Collinsville, Maryville Police & Fire
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Transcript:
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For suspicious activity,
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I received a call from a (name withheld) who's located in Houston,
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Texas, reporting that he received a phone call from his stepson's phone number, but it was not a stepson.
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It was the people that he is staying with.
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And according to my caller, they stated they were going to beat his stepson, (name withheld),
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because they owed him money, and they wanted stepdad and his wife to send them money through cash app.
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He does not know their name or anything of their description other than the phone number and believes that (name withheld)'s phone is being held hostage and then stated some other things about having some ashes in an urn.
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However, I could not correlate how that was relevant.
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Respond 34 Morseo court.
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Collinsville, IL
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