More charges filed in Tacony kidnapping case
Charges have been filed against an additional suspect in the weekend discovery of four mentally disabled adults in a Tacony basement.
The District Attorney’s Office has charged 32-year-old Jean McIntosh with kidnapping, conspiracy, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, aggravated assault, simple assault, burglary, trespassing and related charges.
“McIntosh is the adult daughter of 51-year-old Linda Ann Weston and she is accused as a co-conspirator in the kidnapping and imprisonment of the four individuals who were found in the basement of a Tacony apartment building on Saturday,” th D.A.’s office explains.
McIntosh is expected to be arraigned sometime today.
Health & Science reporter Carolyn Beeler will have more details for us today about additional victims found overnight.
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