Detroit, MI - It was announced on August 24, 2023 that Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Curtis Lee Slay, 18, Davion Demetrius Sherman Chandler, 19, and Shantell Re-Azia Jones, 23, all of Detroit, in connection with the kidnapping of 30-year-old Detroit woman's 14-day-old twin infants that caused an Amber Alert.
On August 20, 2023, at approximately 10:10 p.m., at a hotel in the 30370 block of Plymouth Road in Livonia, it is alleged that defendants kidnapped the children from their hotel room when the mother left the room briefly. The mother called 911 and an Amber Alert was issued. The children were turned in to the Detroit Police Department on August 21, 2023, at 9:45 a.m. It is alleged that Ms. Jones befriended the mother of the twins all the while intending to steal them from their mother. Ms. Jones was allegedly aided in this effort by Mr. Slay and Mr. Sherman Chandler.
Curtis Lee Slay, Demetrius Sherman Chandler, and Shantell Re-Azia Jones have each been charged with two counts of Kidnapping - Child Enticement, two counts of Unlawful Imprisonment, one count of Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping - Child Enticement, and three counts of Larceny in a Building. * A juvenile respondent's case is currently being reviewed and a charging decision will be released next week.
They were arraigned and remanded to jail today in 16th District Court before Magistrate Barbara Scherr. The Probable Cause Conference is scheduled for August 31, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., and the Preliminary Examination is scheduled for September 7, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., before Judge Sean Kavanagh. Please request a photograph of the defendants from the Livonia Police Department.
"It is hard to imagine a worse scenario for a new mother. The evidence in this case will show that these defendants engaged in a scheme to dupe the mother of these barely two-week-old babies. They allegedly promised her some much-needed assistance to gain access to her children with the express intent on stealing them," said Prosecutor Kym Worthy.
*The charges are allegations and defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.