A Crocker man faces seven felony offenses accusing him of kidnapping, burglary and assault, according to documents filed in circuit court.
Garrett Lee Shaw, born 2001, is charged in a July 11 warrant with felony counts of first-degree kidnapping, first-degree burglary, second-degree domestic assault, second-degree kidnapping, second-degree domestic assault, first-degree harassment and unlawful use of weapon. Shaw was incarcerated in the Pulaski County Jail on a $250,000 bond.
Law enforcement was contacted July 10 by coworkers of a woman who were concerned she’d called in sick after previously informing them she’d received threatening messages from Shaw, according to the case’s probable cause statement. Officers responding to the woman’s home in Waynesville found she wasn’t home, and its door was damaged with a boot print observed on its front, indicating someone had kicked it in. A witness on scene also told officers an unfamiliar blue and silver truck had been spotted in the driveway earlier that day.
The statement says officers arriving at Shaw’s address in Crocker observed a truck matching the blue and silver truck description with Shaw inside. Shaw was then witnessed running from the truck and into an RV and later exited when ordered out by law enforcement. The missing woman was then located inside the RV. Officers noted her lip was lacerated and she had a bite mark on her arm. Â
The woman told officers Shaw kicked her door in earlier that day and she left with him because she feared Shaw would murder her if she didn’t comply. She said Shaw arrived at her home around 4 a.m. by knocking on her door, at which point she activated her car alarm, and he then allegedly kicked in the door. The woman alleged Shaw brandished a knife at her in her residence and placed his hands across her mouth and throat to keep her from screaming. Shaw also allegedly smoked meth at her house.
Shaw is quoted in the statement as admitting he kicked in the woman’s door, smoked meth in her residence and used her phone to text her coworkers that she was sick and wouldn’t be at work.
The charges described above are merely an accusation and are not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charge must be presented before a court of competent jurisdiction whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.
