Mooresville Police Department issued the following announcement on Aug. 6.
On July 29, Mooresville Police responded to a report of a kidnapping. Joseph Dickerson, 40, of Charlotte told a relative he had been kidnapped and was being held for ransom. Upon investigation, Mooresville Detectives, along with Officers from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Violent Crime Apprehension Team and Homicide units, located Dickerson and determined he fabricated the kidnapping to extort money from a relative.
Dickerson was arrested and transported to the Iredell County Detention Center where he was given a $50,000 secured bond.
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Source: Mooresville Police Department
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