LONGMONT, Colo.—A Kentucky man was arrested after he offered $10,000 on Facebook for help finding his ex-girlfriend and her son, and then tracked them to a Longmont women’s shelter, police said.
Joshua Payne was arrested Saturday on suspicion of domestic violence, felony stalking and felony to commit stalking. Police also arrested Madison Greenfield, 21, 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 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 took 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 there by that name.
After befriending the ex-girlfriend, police say Greenfield researched the woman on the Internet and found Payne on Facebook.
Police determined that Greenfield and Payne had been in contact. Police tracked Payne as he flew into Denver International Airport and placed him under surveillance.
He had been parked outside the home where the woman lived with her son, according to police.
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Information from: Daily Times-Call,
