A jury trial has been scheduled for three suspects accused of multiple felonies, including kidnapping, nearly three years ago.
A release from the Higginsville Police Department says on April 26, 2018, authorities arrived at the scene of the reported kidnapping at the Super 8 Motel in Higginsville and arrested the three men, who allegedly held two females against their will; raped and assaulted them; and demanded ransom money.
Jaciel Acdala Mendez-Morales, who is now 21 years old, 25-year-old Alain Gaspar Camarillo-Linan and 24-year-old Luis Angel Sierra-Vallina have been charged with multiple felonies- including Class A Felonies for Kidnapping in the First Degree; Unclassified Felonies for Rape or Attempt; and Unclassified Felonies for Sodomy or Attempt. Mendez-Morales and Sierra-Vallina are being held on $500,000 and Camarillo-Linan on $750,000 cash-only bond at the Lafayette County Jail.
A 37-year-old Concordia woman has been charged with a drug-related felony due to the alleged findings of authorities when they searched her residence on Monday, February 22.
According to a detective’s report, Lafayette County Drug Task Force detectives, along with Concordia Police officers, executed a narcotics search warrant in the 300 block of SW 8th Street. They say they found three plastic baggies, each containing 0.6 grams of methamphetamine; a Marlboro cellophane containing 16 hard pieces of cotton displaying a white crystal substance, which appeared to have been soaked in methamphetamine- each field tested positive for methamphetamine and weighed approximately 0.7 grams; numerous sandwich bags with corners missing; a set of digital scales containing a white substance, which field tested to be methamphetamine; and other drug-related items. Authorities also seized a cell phone.