April 10, 2023
By News Director Jared Atha
Charges are pending for an Erick man accused of holding a woman and her two children against their will.
Booking records show that 22-year-old Corbin Lake Deleon was arrested on Friday after Beckham County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a home in Erick in reference to a woman being held against her will. Beckham County Sheriff Derek Manning said when authorities arrived, the suspect confirmed that there was a woman in the home, but his story as to why she couldn’t speak to them kept changing.
Deleon was arrested on three complaints of kidnapping, obstruction, and threaten to perform an act of violence.
Formal court dates, and charges are pending.
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