He was booked into the county jail.
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“It was nearly a relief”, said Lt. Von Steenblik with Centerville Police.
While there, the men allegedly tied them up in a basement with wire and duct tape, according to police in Centerville, north of Salt Lake City. Utah police are searching for two suspects, Flint Wayne Harrison and Dereck James Harrison, after a woman and her four teenage daughters were lured t.
After the reported kidnapping police had contacted Flint Harrison’s wife who revealed the he had told her “he didn’t want to go back to prison” and that he meant to shoot officers and “go out in a blaze of glory”.
“We know DJ and the mother and her daughters were very close family friends and that connection was made through DJ’s mother, Maryanne Harrison”.
Wyoming authorities arrested a father and son duo and say they are connected with the kidnapping and assault of a woman and her four daughters.
The Harrisons allegedly lured the mother, whom police did not identify, and her daughters, aged between 13 to 18, to a Utah home for a barbecue on Tuesday, 10 May.
Investigators believe the son is also in western Wyoming and is armed and risky.
The elder Harrison assisted police in their search for Dereck.
The victims managed to escape.
This May 14, 2016 photo provided by the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office shows Dereck James “DJ” Harrison.
Lt. Steenblik says the mother and the four girls are now home recovering and relieved to learn the two have been captured. Both have refused to talk to investigators since their arrests, Steenblik said.
Dereck Harrison, 22, was arrested in Sublette County, Wyoming late Saturday right when authorities there were ready to call off the search for the night.
The various charges the men face include aggravated kidnapping and possession of a controlled substance.
Law enforcement officers were wrapping up their operation for the night, when officers stationed at a road block, “observed a male matching the description of Dereck, walking south towards the deputies approximately 1.5 miles from the where the roadblock was located”, according to a statement from the Sublette County, Wyo.
Police had said the younger Harrison was heavily armed with rifles and knives, but he was unarmed when authorities arrested him, the lieutenant said.
Flint Harrison turned himself in to the Sublette County Detention Center early that morning on warrants stemming from his part in the incident that occurred in Centerville.
“This is an incredible end to a very stressful day”, Sublette Co. The mother was beaten with a baseball bat, and at least one of her daughters was also hit as they all broke free and escaped, according to officials.
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In the struggle that followed, one of the girls slapped away a shotgun pointed at her throat, and another grabbed the bat and struck the son, police told CBS News.
