Woman charged after claiming friend was kidnapped
Posted April 5, 2013 9:55 pm.
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A Markham woman who told police her friend was kidnapped is now facing charges of extortion and public mischief, after the man was found safe in a Toronto home.
York police say the woman walked into a police station in Markham on Thursday and reported that her friend had been kidnapped. She also allegedly told police that a ransom demand was made by the abductors.
York police and Toronto police’s Emergency Task Force later found the man safe at a home in the York Mills and Victoria Park Avenue area of Toronto.
Three adults were arrested at the residence. The friend who made the report was arrested a short time later.
Janelle Philip, 25, and Shafiah Ibrahim, 28, are both facing charges of extortion and public mischief.
Police are seeking a third suspect, Camar Anthony Grant, 26, of no fixed address.
