Five people arrested and charged in kidnapping of Westminster couple, police say – Baltimore Sun

Maryland State Police arrested five people Friday in connection with what they say was the kidnapping and assault of a couple Tuesday in Westminster.

On Tuesday, police officers went to a home in Westminster to report a kidnapping. When they arrived, a woman told them that her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend were being held captive. The mother received a phone call from her daughter, state police said in an email Saturday.

For the moment, the authorities refuse to disclose the identity of the victims.

During the investigation, police found the male victim in a disabled vehicle in the parking lot of a Westminster restaurant on Tuesday. After being questioned at the scene, he was treated for his injuries at Carroll Hospital.

A female victim was found unharmed in another parking lot at 8 a.m. Wednesday.

Investigators believe the victims were forced into an SUV outside a convenience store on Main Street in Westminster at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and vaguely knew their alleged captors, police said.

Police arrested Dequan Gaines, 27; Brian Johnson, 30; Jordan Riley, 29; Marc Rivera, 21; and his sister Sylena Rivera, 19; all of Westminster.

Gaines, Riley and Marc Rivera are charged with kidnapping, second-degree assault, false imprisonment and extortion. Johnson and Sylena Rivers are accused of kidnapping, false imprisonment and extortion.

All five are being held without bail at the Carroll County Detention Center.