A man who became a after they say he was unjustly during a traffic stop was arrested Tuesday on a felony false imprisonment charge.
Sharod Kindell, 23, is accused of demanding oral sex from an escort and blocking her from leaving an apartment when she refused, according to a probable cause statement. Court records say Kindell told the escort she couldn’t leave unless she refunded the fee he paid, saying he had a gun and “would pull it out.”
Kindell did not harm the escort, records show.
Police say they learned about the crime after they were initially called out to an apartment at about 10 a.m. Tuesday on reports of a possible sexual assault in progress, records show.
Kindell posted $5,000 bond on the charge and was released from Denver’s downtown jail. He appeared in court on Wednesday morning. Colorado Bureau of Investigation records show Kindell was initially arrested on suspicion of kidnapping by use of force.
“They got him for holding some woman, which is a lie,” Sherri Landrum, Kindell’s mother, told The Denver Post on Wednesday.
At the time of the kidnapping arrest, Kindell was free after posting bond last week in connection with charges stemming from the January shooting, including first-degree threatening to assault a peace officer with a weapon, second-degree assault of a peace officer, first-degree aggravated motor vehicle theft and possession of a weapon by a previous offender.
Landrum said she feels Kindell’s latest arrest was a set up and that it isn’t in her son’s character to commit a kidnapping. Kindell was wearing two ankle monitors at the time of his arrest, Landrum said.
“It’s getting to the point where I am wondering what are they doing to my son,” she said.
Police say Kindell was driving a stolen Jeep on Jan. 9 when he was stopped by two officers in the Montbello neighborhood, according to an arrest affidavit.
The affidavit says Kindell was shot after striking the officers when he tried to drive off. The officers were taken to a hospital and released.
Kindell and his family have maintained he was unjustly stopped and question the officers’ use of force. Kindell’s mother said her son was not in a stolen car and that she feels officials have changed their story several times.
Kindell’s traffic stop was one of four times in seven months that Denver police have fired at moving vehicles. Two suspects have been killed and three have been injured. Police say at least three officers have been injured in the incidents.
Police and the city’s independent monitor are reviewing police policies on firing at moving vehicles.
Kindell is next due in court on March 24 for a preliminary hearing in connection with the January shooting. He is next due in court on the imprisonment case on March 19.
Jesse Paul: 303-954-1733, jpaul@denverpost.com or twitter.com/JesseAPaul
