A crumpled notice left within the restroom of the sandwich chain Jersey Mike’s Subs led police to rescue a girl who was being held captive by her pro-wrestler boyfriend.
The plea for assist, which included the sufferer’s deal with, was found on the sub store in Navarre, Florida, by an worker, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Workplace introduced in a press launch.
- A lady was rescued after leaving a notice along with her identify and deal with asking for assist in a restaurant restroom.
- An worker discovered the notice and known as 911, and police subsequently found the 29-year-old sufferer with seen accidents at her residence.
- Police arrested the lady’s boyfriend, 34-year-old skilled wrestler Jordan Williams, who had held her captive for months.
Within the notice, the sufferer “recognized herself and indicated she was being held towards her will at a close-by residence and feared for her life,” authorities mentioned.
Worker Eleanor Espresso instructed NBC 15 that she discovered a “little piece of crumpled up paper that was shoved subsequent to our rest room paper dispenser, and it regarded like a chunk of trash.
An worker found a crumpled notice within the toilet of a Jersey Mike’s Subs, resulting in the rescue of a girl
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“[The victim] was like, ‘Please assist me. I’m at this deal with in Navarre. I want you to name the police and do a wellness verify.’”
In keeping with an arrest report obtained by Law & Crime, the handwritten notice ended with a plea, studying, “Please assist get me residence! HELP! Get me earlier than Might thirtieth!”
Chief Randy Tifft mentioned the lady included many particulars within the notice to assist authorities find her, together with the kind of automobile that might be within the driveway.
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Espresso and her supervisor instantly contacted authorities, who carried out a wellness verify on the deal with.
Upon arriving on the residence, they discovered a battered 29-year-old girl who detailed “repeated assaults, threats involving weapons, and being held in isolation for a span of a number of months,” as per the press launch.
Eleanor Espresso and her supervisor instantly known as 911 upon studying the cry for assist, which included the sufferer’s identify and deal with
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The girl confirmed that she had written the notice and mentioned she had been subjected to “a chronic interval of ab*se.”
She was transported to a neighborhood hospital for the therapy of a number of accidents, together with suspected damaged bones.
“Deputies noticed seen accidents, and the sufferer was transported by EMS to a neighborhood hospital for therapy of suspected damaged bones and different trauma,” described Sheriff Bob Johnson.
On the residence, police discovered a battered 29-year-old girl and arrested her boyfriend, wrestler Jordan Williams
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The girl’s boyfriend, 34-year-old Jordan Williams, was arrested on the scene and charged with aggravated assault with a lethal weapon, okay*dnapping and false imprisonment, felony and misdemeanor battery, and battery by strangulation.
Williams, a wrestler who performs in a neighborhood circuit underneath the identify “Jayden Steele,” had a documented historical past of home violence incidents.
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The sufferer’s mom instructed police she thought Williams was “controlling” her daughter, who she mentioned suffers from bipolar dysfunction and a mind tumor.
The sufferer’s ex-husband instructed authorities that Williams allegedly “threatened to okay*ll his youngsters and his household” and had held her captive on earlier events.
In keeping withRegulation & Crime, the lady wrote in her notice that Williams’ mother and father had been allegedly additionally concerned in holding her towards her will on the residence.
In keeping with Sheriff Bob Johnson, the lady was taken to the hospital for therapy of “suspected damaged bones and different trauma”
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Workers mentioned surveillance footage from the shop exhibits the pro-wrestler and the sufferer explaining that they had been selecting up DoorDash orders.
The girl was then seen strolling to the restroom, the place the notice was discovered about twenty minutes after she left.
Williams, who had a historical past of home violence instances, was ordered to be held with out bond
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Williams denied ever hanging the lady. He was booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail on Thursday (Might 29) and ordered to be held with out bond, in line with on-line court docket information. His arraignment is scheduled for June 19.
“Anyone who would try this to a different girl, he don’t must be strolling round free in our group,” stated Chief Tifft.
Tifft added that, in lots of instances, ladies who’re held towards their will by their companions are “afraid” to hunt assist.
Williams was charged with aggravated assault with a lethal weapon, false imprisonment, felony and misdemeanor battery, and battery by strangulation
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Espresso, the worker who discovered the notice and known as 911, shared a message for the sufferer and expressed hope for her restoration after the traumatic expertise.
“My coronary heart goes out to her and her household,” she mentioned. “And I’m simply, you already know, hopeful that basically doesn’t occur once more.”
Sheriff Johnson acknowledged that the case represents “the energy of coordinated work by [his] workers and the bravery of the sufferer.
“Because of her braveness and the deputies’ swift actions, she is now secure and receiving care.”
Folks congratulated the employee for taking the notice significantly and praised the lady for having the braveness to defend herself
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