LONGMONT — Police say a man traveled from Kentucky to Longmont to find his ex-girlfriend and her son at a women’s shelter after offering $10,000 on Facebook for help finding them.
Police arrested Joshua Payne Saturday on suspicion of domestic violence, felony stalking and felony to commit stalking. Police also arrested 21-year-old Madison Greenfield on suspicion of conspiracy to commit stalking.
Jail records show Payne posted $40,000 bail and was released Wednesday. A hometown for Payne was not immediately available. Messages sent to his Longmont-based attorney Brian Bagley were not immediately returned.
The Longmont Daily Times-Call reports that a witness told police that Greenfield had offered to deliver Payne’s son to him in exchange for the money.
Police say Payne’s girlfriend had moved to Longmont with the boy and that Greenfield befriended the ex-girlfriend and transported the woman’s son to and from school.
A woman who answered the phone at a Longmont number listed for Greenfield said there was nobody who lived there by that name.
After befriending the ex-girlfriend, police say Greenfield researched the woman on the Internet and found Payne on Facebook.
