Pennsylvania authorities say they have arrested two men in connection with the alleged kidnapping of four females, two of whom were allegedly raped.
The alleged victims, whose names or ages have not been revealed, were allegedly forced into a car by Davaun Carlon Jackson and Isaiah Rogers-Keeney before being transported to another location on Monday, June 24, the Pocono Record, WNEP and WFMZ reported, citing Pennsylvania State Police.
Jackson, 29, and Rogers-Keeney, 19, have been charged with several offenses including kidnapping a minor, rape, involuntarily servitude and strangulation, according to online court records reviewed.
While the ages of the alleged victims have not been revealed by authorities, several of the charges against the suspects pertain to crimes against a minor, online court records show.
The investigation began on the morning of Tuesday, June 25, when authorities received a tip about a vehicle, which led to a pursuit of that vehicle by the Pocono Mountain Regional Police and the state police, authorities said, according to WNEP and WFMZ.
Officers located the vehicle outside a Walmart parking lot in Mount Pocono in Monroe County, Pa., and found Rogers-Keeney with one female inside, state troopers alleged, according to WNEP and WFMZ.
Authorities further claim they caught Jackson leaving the store with a second alleged victim.
Authorities say their investigation revealed that Jackson and Rogers-Keeney had allegedly forced four females into a vehicle on Monday, per the Pocono Record, WNEP and WFMZ.
The females were then allegedly taken to a property belonging to Jackson in Smithfield Township in Monroe County, where Jackson allegedly locked them inside a shipping container, investigators said, per the outlets. NBC Philadelphia, citing police, reports that three of the victims were allegedly bound with rope inside the shipping container.
Jackson allegedly bound three of them and threatened them with murder while brandishing several weapons, authorities said, adding that he then allegedly sexually assaulted two of them.
Females abducted, held in shipping container in Monroe Countynone
Rogers-Keeney is listed as a cross-country runner at Wilkes University. A profile under his name on the university website had most of its information removed as of Wednesday. It showed he enrolled in the college in 2022.
Both Jackson and Rogers-Keeney were denied bail because of the “extremely violent offense” they are accused of, online court records show.
Court records did not indicate if either of them has entered a plea.
Attorney information was not available for Jackson. A private attorney listed for Rogers-Keeney declined to comment when contacted .
