Three people have charged in federal court after using online ads for escort services as a means to lure victims into hotel rooms before robbing them.
According to officials, Kenneth Sexson, Sage Harrison and Nicole Covey used several websites like Craigslist.org, backpage.com and skout.com to arrange meetings with their victims in order to rob them.
According to the affidavit, Sexson, Harrison and Covey used social media services to post ads with Covey’s photo in order to lure victims into meeting in person. Once Covey began communicating with the victim, they would agree to meet at a hotel or apartment. When the victim arrived at the agreed upon location, Covey would excuse herself to the restroom or walk away as co-conspirators robbed the victim of money, phones and other items.
Court documents say Sexson, Harrison and Covey sometimes assaulted their victims and one victim told investigators that his attackers took his vehicle and he escaped by jumping from the moving vehicle on the highway in fear for his life.
The affidavit cites a series of seven robberies that occurred in October 2015 in KCMO, Independence and North Kansas City. Investigators learned of a number of additional robberies disclosed during interviews, including two robberies in Blue Springs.
Sexson and Covey were arrested in Kansas on June 7 following a high-speed car chase with police that involved a U-Haul van.
Harrison remains at large.
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