Four are arrested for Facebook honeytrap scam where men were lured to a Florida home and ‘viciously tortured’ before having their money, cars and clothes stolen
- Thomas Nolasco, Joshua Rodriguez, Melissa Long and Carina Bailon were all arrested by the Plant City Police Department in connection to the luring acts
- Police are also searching for a fifth subject, identified as 19-year-old James T. Smith
- At least three men were lured to a home on the 900 block of W. Risk Street in mid-June
- Once they arrived and were escorted inside the home by the women, the victims were robbed and ‘viciously tortured’
- Nolasco reportedly called Long from a jail phone, that was recorded, ‘thinking he could speak freely’
- They discussed video evidence that was eventually found on one of the phones taken from the house
Four people have been detained for allegedly luring victims on Facebook to their Florida home only to rob and beat them, according to local authorities.
Thomas Nolasco, Joshua Rodriguez, Melissa Long and Carina Bailon were all arrested by the Plant City Police Department in connection to the luring acts.
Police are also searching for a fifth subject, identified as 19-year-old James T. Smith, ABC Action News reports.
Thomas Nolasco, Joshua Rodriguez, Melissa Long and Carina Bailon were all arrested by the Plant City Police Department in connection to the luring acts
The women were said to have lured at three victims into a home on the 900 block of W. Risk Street in mid-June. There the men would be beaten and robbed
At least three men were lured to a home on the 900 block of W. Risk Street in mid-June. All were told that they would be meeting with attractive women.
But once they arrived and were escorted inside the home by the women, the victims were robbed and ‘viciously tortured.’
All were beaten, kicked and pistol whipped for several hours overnight.
The victims were also held against their will, investigators explained, and told that their families would be harmed if they didn’t cooperate and give the suspects money pulled from local ATM machines.
Nolasco reportedly called Long from a jail phone, that was recorded, ‘thinking he could speak freely’
According to investigators, the suspects would then dump their victims in various places. They would take the victims’ money, cellphones and vehicles.
Nolasco reportedly called Long from a jail phone, that was recorded, ‘thinking he could speak freely.’
The two are said to have discussed the kidnapping, with Long informing Nolasco that police left with numerous pieces of evidence that she disposed of.
Long told Nolasco that police had taken phones as evidence, asking him what videos were on the phone.
She tells him that ‘the videos that would [expletive] make their day’ are the ones on that particular phone but Nolasco asserted that he ‘never recorded’ whatever was in the video.
‘You did though, there’s videos in that phone,’ Long is said to have responded.
Police did find the Samsung photo that contained the videos.
The group was given numerous charges including armed kidnapping, robbery, aggravated battery with great bodily harm and grand theft motor vehicle.