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Oklahoma man found at casino after faking own kidnapping, asking wife for ransom money, police say
Fox News ^ | 03/08/2018 | Stephen Sorace

Posted on 03/08/2018 5:18:39 AM PST by DFG

The plot for the next "Ocean's 11" sequel? Maybe not.

An Oklahoma man was arrested at a Tulsa casino last week for allegedly faking his own kidnapping in order to collect ransom payments from his wife and friends, authorities said.

Jonathon Michael Davis, 34, of Owasso, had been missing for three days when his wife reported him missing, according to the Owasso Reporter. She said she had received text messages from her husband's cellphone, purportedly from her husband's captor, police told the newspaper.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: casino; oklahoma; owasso; tulsa

1 posted on 03/08/2018 5:18:39 AM PST by DFG
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To: DFG

His friends that contributed probably need to take him out behind the barn and beat some sense into him.


2 posted on 03/08/2018 5:20:05 AM PST by PAR35
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To: DFG

Maybe he planned to take a wild ride into the sunset with his mistress.

Oops!


3 posted on 03/08/2018 5:22:09 AM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Forever))
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To: DFG

LOL - I expect that my wife would do the proper thing should she get a ransom demand for me — refuse to pay it.


4 posted on 03/08/2018 5:22:40 AM PST by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: DFG

We need to see a pic of said wife before we lay judgement on this man.

Just sayin.


5 posted on 03/08/2018 5:26:08 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: DFG

Leaving Las Tulsa.


6 posted on 03/08/2018 5:26:41 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: House Atreides

The Ransom of Red Chief comes to mind......LOL!


7 posted on 03/08/2018 5:31:44 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I grew up there, Tulsa suburb, Sapulpa.

I have often said...

Most beautiful spot in the world, in my rear view mirror!


8 posted on 03/08/2018 5:50:19 AM PST by buffyt (John 14:6)
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To: DFG

“You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away, and know when to run...”

He forgot to run. Stupid.


9 posted on 03/08/2018 5:53:03 AM PST by nickedknack
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To: DFG

His story is as valid as Elizabeth Warren’s Fauxcahuntas story. Both were told in the interest of possible future monetary gain. She got a cushy job at Harvard, and he hoped to win at the gambling table. He is arrested, and she is adored by the left.


10 posted on 03/08/2018 5:54:24 AM PST by Saltmeat
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To: DFG
In the early 80's I called my (now ex) wife after a 3 day bender in Juarez and said "Don't pay the ransom, I've escaped!"

My friends along on the bender thought it was hilarious, the wife... not so much.

11 posted on 03/08/2018 6:07:16 AM PST by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: DFG

Somehow I don’t think he has “wife” or “friends” anymore....


12 posted on 03/08/2018 6:11:25 AM PST by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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To: Feckless

LOL!


13 posted on 03/08/2018 6:22:41 AM PST by MplsSteve
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To: MplsSteve

I hope he can spell D I V O R C E!


14 posted on 03/08/2018 6:32:06 AM PST by Ambrosia (Southern born... NC, and have lived in PA, NY,WV,SC, NM, FL, NC....Love USA!)
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To: DFG

One of oklahoma’s finest.

Casinos are not helping.


15 posted on 03/08/2018 6:48:30 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: DFG

16 posted on 03/08/2018 7:08:55 AM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Sequoyah101
Casinos are not helping.

That is an aphorism of broad application.

17 posted on 03/08/2018 7:53:09 AM PST by Tax-chick ( Why not give up a bad habit today?)
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To: DFG
The plot for the next "Ocean's 11" sequel? Maybe not.

He doesn't watch a lot of movies. One of many absurdities of "Gone Girl" is that she shows up at a casino, as camera-rich a building as they come, in the wake of days of national coverage of her grieving husband begging for help in her kidnapping, and nobody recognizes her.

18 posted on 03/08/2018 8:03:57 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: DFG

Are casinos good for our culture?


19 posted on 03/08/2018 8:06:05 AM PST by Tea Party Terrorist (A bad peace is better than a good war.)
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To: Tea Party Terrorist

Not so far as I can tell.


20 posted on 03/08/2018 10:08:35 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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