A man and a woman are both charged with kidnapping after they allegedly held a woman against her will at a local motel and forced her to withdraw money, police said.
The investigation began when CT were dispatched to Stop and Shop on Fenn Road on Oct. 28, 2024 to check the welfare of an adult female, police said.
The officers spoke to the woman and learned she had allegedly been “held against her will at the Grantmoor Motor Lodge and was being forced to withdraw money,” police said.
The investigation conducted by Newington police officers found that Amanda Ditommaso, 37, and Tylone Graham, 41, both of New Britain, had allegedly “kidnapped the female victim for approximately two days.”
However, while the victim allegedly was “being forced to withdraw money from Stop and Shop an employee called the police for assistance,” police said.
Ditommaso is charged with first-degree kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping in the first degree, first-degree failure to appear, and four counts of second-degree failure to appear, police said. Ditommaso was being detained Monday in lieu of a total of $237,500 bail and is scheduled to appear at Superior Court in New Britain on Tuesday January 21, police said.
Graham is charged with first-degree kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping in the first degree. He posted a $200,000 bond and was turned over to the East Hartford Police Department for an active arrest warrant. Graham is scheduled to appear at Superior Court in New Britain on February 3, police said. Both suspects were arrested on warrants Sunday, police said.
