Posted on: December 2, 2024, 09:10h.
Last updated on: December 2, 2024, 09:42h.
A man was arrested last week in Oklahoma after he allegedly kidnapped a woman from Newcastle Casino and sodomized her.
Kevin Alando Martin was apprehended and booked on charges, including kidnapping, human trafficking, and forcible sodomy, according to Oklahoma TV station KOKH.
Oklahoma City police were called by an unnamed woman last Monday who said she was naked and scared, and had been kidnapped from the casino. Officers went to NW 22nd Street and North May Avenue in Oklahoma City where they located the victim. She pointed to a nearby car where Martin was sitting.
He exited the car and surrendered to officers. He was arrested and had bond set at $50K.
Details have yet to be released by local police on what Martin specifically did to the victim and there’s no word on if the victim suffered any physical injuries. It’s unclear if she required medical treatment.
Based on the charges, the victim appears to have been taken from the casino, which is about 24 miles from the site where Martin was arrested. She also was the victim of a sex crime.
Martin was charged with human trafficking in April in an apparently unrelated case, authorities said. That victim in that incident was a teenager, KOKH reported.
Therapist Was at Casino Instead of With Patient
A Nebraska mental health therapist with a possible gambling addiction will avoid going to prison after she was given probation last week.
Pamela J. Helem, 69, of Papillion, Neb., pleaded no contest to a count of Medicaid fraud. She had billed Medicaid for treating a patient in her Omaha office.
At that time, she was at a Council Bluffs, Iowa casino, authorities said.
Several Conditions Ordered
In federal court on Wednesday, Helem was sentenced to five years’ probation. If she successfully completes probation, she will avoid up to a two-year prison sentence. She also must pay $60K in restitution to Medicaid.
Other conditions set by Judge Leigh Ann Retelsdorf include Helem being assessed for gambling addiction. She may not gamble or enter any casino, the judge also ordered. She also must complete community service work.
Her office was identified as Helem’s Counseling and Consulting.
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers has filed a lawsuit against Helem for Medicaid fraud.
