Bond has been denied for a man accused of kidnapping
Langston Campbell, 27, was transported from jail Thursday to the courtroom of Wood County Common Pleas Judge Joel Kuhlman.
Wood County Assistant Prosecutor Brian Boos asked the court to deny bond and called Wood County Sheriff Office’s Det. Sgt. Destinie Moore in order to justify holding Campbell without bail.
Moore testified she was training a new deputy when they conducted the traffic stop on Feb.14 in Cygnet.
A woman with severe facial trauma was seated in the back seat. Once transported to the hospital, it was discovered she had two broken ribs and a fractured vertebra, Moore said.
Campbell had possession of her cell phone and identification, she said, and added Campbell was observed deleting messages from her phone while he sat in her cruiser.
Dispatched then advised the woman was reported as a missing person, Moore said.
“She was very scared,” she said.
The woman told officers she had been held against her will since January to help Campbell take care of the puppies he was breeding, Moore said.
Campbell had nailed the bedroom shut, often forcing her to sleep with the puppies, Moore said about the alleged victim.
Campbell has multiple protection orders against various women in multiple states and other women have contacted the sheriff’s office to report similar incidents, she said.
The indictment lists Campbell’s address as Cincinnati but his current address is Port Huron, Michigan.
Boos said there were three factors supporting the state’s no-bond request, including the alleged victim had severe injuries and had been reported missing for 1.5 months, Campbell was a danger to the community as the multiple protection orders establish he is able to travel to other states, and while in custody he changed the password on the cell phone and deleted messages.
Boos asked that if denying bond was not an option, it be set at $500,000 with stipulation of a GPS monitor.
“He is a significant danger to the community if released,” Boos said.
Against the advice of his attorney, Campbell asked to address the court.
Kuhlman told Campbell the 5th Amendment gave him the right to remain silent.
Campbel explained there were multiple protection orders against the same family in Cincinnati and he had been convicted of felonious restraint, the lowest level felony, in North Carolina.
He said he has never violated a protection order and has a child with the alleged victim.
His probation officer has been at his house when the alleged victim was there and he has made puppy exchanges at police departments with the woman and never once has she tried to report abuse, he said.
She didn’t know she was a missing person, Campbell said.
The detective said he had her ID, but he explained the alleged victim told the detective she gave him her ID to hold and accused the detective of witness intimidation.
The alleged victim “was never kidnapped, tied up or restrained in any way,” he said.
Boos wanted to know how the alleged victim got the injuries in the photo he presented as evidence.
Defense attorney Sara Roller objected, arguing that cross examination during a bond hearing was inappropriate.
Boos said he had no further questions at that time.
Kuhlman denied bond, and said the presumption was great that Campbell had committed the offense.
He appointed appellate counsel as denying bail is an appealable order.
A pretrial hearing was scheduled for April 11.
