Crime & Safety
Couple Charged With Kidnapping Woman Who Let Them Into Her Car
A couple from Dudley has been charged with kidnapping a woman, robbing her and forcing her to drive around looking for money.
DUDLEY, MA — A couple from Dudley has been charged with kidnapping a woman, robbing her and forcing her to drive around looking for money. Jessie Thibodeau, 44, and 31-year-old Nichole Murphy will be arraigned on several charges Wednesday in Dudley District Court.
Police said Thibodeau and Murphy went up to a car in the parking lot of the Dollar General Store on West Main Street around 8 p.m. Tuesday, told the driver they were homeless and asked her if she could let them in so they smoke inside of her car to get out of the cold. The woman let them in.
That’s when, investigators said, Thibodeau claimed he had a gun and put it to the back of the woman’s head.
“The victim stated that the two wanted cash and made her drive them around Webster, Massachusetts for approximately one hour,” police said in a statement Wednesday. “She stated that the individuals advised her to contact anyone that she could get money from.”
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