Police Officer Kidnapped Family Member On Thanksgiving In ‘Paranoid’ Episode

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"An unnamed relative told police that their nephew Scott Elliott Russell, a master officer with the South Jordan Police Department, had taken them for a drive before the family’s Thanksgiving dinner in Provo, Utah, but when the relative requested to return home, Russell refused and kept driving along the I-15 highway. Police did not disclose the relative’s identity.

Russell then “became more irrational and paranoid, at one point, taking the victim’s phone and disabling it,” according to the arrest report, first reported by local station KUTV 2. The relative, knowing the policeman had a gun, complied with Russell’s demands. Russell later denied taking the phone.

Russell and the relative left the highway and exited the car, at which point Russell rolled it down an embankment and tossed his gun over a fence into sagebrush.

The arrest report reads, “[Russell] claimed he had been set up and believed he was actively being watched by an unknown organization ... he claimed again [he was] being watched by individuals and wanted these individuals to see him openly discard the firearm so they knew he didn’t pose a threat.”

Russell and the relative walked to a pair of abandoned buildings. After Russell went into one and left the relative in another, the relative walked to the highway and was picked up by a passing driver and later taken to the hospital for unspecified injuries.

Russell has been arrested on charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault, burglary, trespass, and interruption of a communications device. He is being held in the Juab County Jail and has been placed on leave from the South Jordan police force."

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[Sejanus]

Cheese...right off the cracker across the room, out the door,down the street, onto the interstate and clear to Idaho!

 

[Sevens My Charm]

They should have 5150'd this guy honestly. He was on drugs or really lost his shit - maybe both.. every one would benefit if they 72'd him..

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Scott Elliott Russell

 

[Prettypink513]

if they 72'd him..

Ik what 5150 is but what's that

 

[Sevens My Charm]

5150 = 72 hour hold @Prettypink513

 

[Prettypink513]

5150 = 72 hour hold @Prettypink513

I was under a 72 hour hold, once. But then they decided I needed more than 72.

 

[McDanel]

Now that's a Thanksgiving story!

 

[MildlyMedicated]

We told Aunt Sue, to leave the LSD out of those mashed taters this year!

 

[Totemic]

Hmmm that is some cocaine level paranoia !

Remember, just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you

 

[McDanel]

This dude has family Thanksgiving nightmare stories all sewn up for the rest of his life. I can't imagine how it must have felt the moment he realized he was in the twilight zone. By the time they were dumping the car, he probably thought he'd never get away.

 

[notchback]

I was under a 72 hour hold, once. But then they decided I needed more than 72.

I sure there are plenty of guys that would like to hold you for 72 hours.