Seattle Escorts: Charge: Convicted arsonist impersonates Seattle cop, kidnaps prostitute
Monday, August 30, 2010Last updated 6:04 p.m. PT
Charge: Convicted arsonist impersonates Seattle cop, kidnaps prostitute
‘Last time I told the truth … I spent four years in prison,’ man allegedly tells police
A Seattle man sent to prison as a teen after a yearlong crime spree is back behind bars on allegations that he tried to extort sex from an escort by impersonating a police officer.
Charged Monday with kidnapping and other crimes following his arrest last week, Julian Daniel Tarver, 25, stands accused of holding the escort at his Greenwood neighborhood apartment for more than three hours while claiming to be a Seattle police officer.
“The defendant’s willingness to impersonate law enforcement presents a real danger to the community,” said Sean O’Donnell, a King County senior deputy prosecutor.
“His conduct involves impersonating a Seattle police officer, threatening the victim that she would be shot, holding her against her will for hours and attempting to extort sex from her in exchange for her release,” …
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