A state correctional officer was arrested for allegedly attempting to kidnap a woman, He reportedly met her on Tinder and zip-typing her hands together before being scared away by the lady’s roommate in August 2020.
Tinder is known to be a geosocial networking and online dating app. Users on Tinder “swipe right” to like or “swipe left” to hate other users’ profiles, which feature a photo, a brief bio, and a list of interests.
Sage Keele initially told the woman whom he met on Tinder, the dating app. He introduced himself as “Richard Austin Grant.”
The woman later found out he had given her a false identity. She ended their connection. She requested a final meeting with Keele on September 22 to return a pair of her shoes.
The woman claimed he told her she had “two options,” to which she instantly replied, “option three.” The woman was alarmed when Keele showed her a bottle of drugs, believing he was threatening to kill himself.
She claimed that when the woman took the drugs away from Keele, he became enraged. She dashed to her car, but Keele caught her before she could shut the door.
He reportedly entered the vehicle and zip-tied her hands together. When a car approached them, Keele began to laugh and appear as if nothing was wrong, and the woman was able to persuade him to exit her vehicle.
Saga Keele Kidnapper, Richard Austin Grant
Sage Keele is known to be a 22-year-old man, was charged with kidnapping, violence, burglary, and two counts of fake impersonation on September 23.
Deputies from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an attempted kidnapping at a woman’s home on September 22. The home address has been removed from the arrest record, according to pnj.com.
Saga Keele real name is Richard Austin Grant, who was arrested and placed in the Escambia County Jail on a $76,000 bond.
According to this arrest report, the woman informed deputies she had known Keele for about three weeks after meeting him on the online dating app Tinder.
According to the police report, when Keele met the woman in a parking area near her home, he began acting oddly.
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