Crime & Safety

5 Victims Held Naked Against Their Will In Fairfield: Sheriff

The Jefferson County Sheriff's office is seeking a suspect they say held five people at gunpoint and forced them to undress.

Deputies are searching for Aritonio Lawrence Bell.
Deputies are searching for Aritonio Lawrence Bell. (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office)

JEFFERSON COUNTY, AL — Five people say they were held at gunpoint and forced to undress by a 30-year-old man. The victims say they were held overnight at a home in Fairfield.

Deputy Chief David Agee of the Jefferson County Sheriff's office said deputies received a 911 call just before 10:30 a.m. Thursday from a woman reporting she had been held against her will in the 6700 block of Terrace Court in Fairfield.

Deputies then determined after investigating the scene that four other victims had also been held at the location against their will, and the victims identified the man who held them at gunpoint as Aritonio Lawrence Bell. The victims also said Bell forced them to remove their clothing.

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Anyone with information on Bell’s whereabouts is asked to call the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office at 205-325-1450.

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