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'Vigilante' cracks down on possible pedophile with unusual crimes
Kokomo man poses as law official
Updated: Friday, 28 Dec 2012, 3:04 PM EST
Published : Friday, 28 Dec 2012, 3:04 PM EST
KING COUNTY, Wash. (WLFI) - A vigilante from Indiana who attempted to catch a possible pedophile in Washington State has been charged with extortion and kidnapping.
Twenty-eight-year-old Adam Blazak of Kokomo, Ind., faces charges in King County, Wash., after luring a man into a Seattle hotel room and posing as a law enforcement official.
According to officials, Blazak posed as a 14-year-old girl looking for sex on Craigslist, to which a Seattle University student named Mohammed Alshanthri responded.
Once inside the hotel room, Alshanthri was ordered to the ground, handcuffed and told he was "under arrest" by a "federal agent."
Blazek then forced Alshanthri to drive to a nearby bank and forced him to nearly empty his savings account before letting him go.
Blazak's bail is set at $100,000.
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