A Sharp County woman faces multiple charges, including kidnapping after an incident in Williford when 42-year-old Casey Lungsford had reportedly entered the yard of another family to take their dog, and when that failed, she then grabbed their child instead.
According to a report from the Sharp County Sheriff’s Department filed May 16, on April 6, Deputy Matthew Coggins was dispatched to a residence in Williford where he met with Jaunita Fischer and Virgil England.
The two told Coggins that Lungsford had come into the yard and tried to take their dogs, but when she was unable to take the dogs, Lunsford then grad Fischer’s child by the hand and started walking away with him.
Fischer explained she had watched the incident take place while she was inside the home taking care of an infant. She then ran outside to stop Lunsford, shoving her to the ground and away from the child.
Lunsford saw the infant Fischer was holding and demanded the baby be given to her because it was her daughter.
Fischer then shoved Lunsford a second time so she and her children could run inside the home and call for help.
Coggins then traveled to Lunsford’s home to speak with her and was told to enter the home after knocking on the door.
When Coggins entered the home, he found Lunsford sitting on the couch exposed and requested she put clothing on. Initially, she denied Coggins request for her to dress herself but later complied so the two could speak.
When asked why she had gone to the neighbors Lunsford replied with slurred speech and words that were not comprehensible. She was placed under arrest and taken to the Sharp County Detention Center.
Lunsford was charged with kidnapping, a class Y felony, public intoxication a class C misdemeanor and disorderly conduct, a class C misdemeanor.
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