Three area residents, along with an Albemarle man, have been arrested and jailed — three with bonds at $1.7 million or more — after allegedly kidnapping, torturing, strangling and trying to kill another woman.
Lakin Nicole Harvey, 28, of 111 Fortune Cookie Lane, Mount Airy; Gregory Todd Sawyers, 53, of 153 Moondreamer Lane, Mount Airy; Grayson Gregory Sawyers, 32, of 994 Maple Grove Church Road, Mount Airy; and Travis Ray Hall, 38, of 24892 Odell Drive, Albemarle, were all arrested in the case on charges that included kidnapping, attempted first degree murder, and assault with a deadly weapon.
The case emerged on Dec. 1, when the Surry County Sheriff’s Office received a call in reference to “a cutting incident in the Crossroads Church Road community” Sheriff Steve C. Hiatt said in a statement about the incident.
When patrol deputies arrived on the scene, they found a female victim, Kathy Jo Miller, 45, “with an apparent stab wound to the lower extremities.”
The victim was sent for medical treatment while deputies and detectives worked throughout the night investigating the case, leading to a search warrant being issued for the address of 153 Moondreamer Lane. “During the investigation, detectives determined that the victim had been kidnapped, stabbed and burnt with a metal object,” the sheriff’s statement said.
The sheriff said no additional information will be released about the investigation nor about the condition of the victim. He said the probe is still active, though all of those suspected in the case are in custody.
Hall was charged with one count of attempted first degree murder, one count of conspiracy to commit first degree murder, one count of first degree kidnapping, one count of conspiracy to commit first degree kidnapping, and one count of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. Hall was jailed under a $1.8 million secured bond with a Jan. 12 court date.
Harvey, of 111 Fortune Cookie Lane, was charged with one count of attempted first degree murder, one count of conspiracy to commit first degree murder, one count of first degree kidnapping, one count of conspiracy to commit first degree kidnapping, and one count of assault by strangulation. She was jailed under a $1.7 million secured bond with a Jan. 12 court date.
Gregory Todd Sawyers was charged with one count of attempted first degree murder, one count of conspiracy to commit first degree murder, one count of first degree kidnapping, one count of conspiracy to commit first degree kidnapping, and one count of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. Sawyers was jailed under a $1.86 million secured bond with a Jan. 12 court date.
Grayson Gregory Sawyers was charged with one count of first degree kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to commit first degree kidnapping. He was jailed under a $50,000 secured bond with a Jan. 12 court date.
Source: https://www.mtairynews.com
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