Police Arrest Two For Hook-Up Site Kidnapping, Robbery

By Mike Perleberg Charles Burnett, Jr. and Emma Haumesser. Photos by Boone County Sheriff's Office. (Boone County, Ky.) - Boone County Sheriff’s and Florence Police investigators have arrested a couple accused of abducting a man from a hotel on Valentine’s Day. A 22-year-old man visiting from Pomeroy, Ohio was kidnapped at gunpoint by a man and woman from the Quality Inn and Suites on Airport Exchange Boulevard on Sunday. Police say the victim had contacted Emma Haumesser, 20, to come to his hotel room for companionship through the website BackPage.com. Charles Burnett, Jr., 26, was close behind. “While there, Haumesser excused herself to take a phone call and walked out of the room. That’s when Burnett burst in the room displaying a handgun and ordered Casto to come with him,” police say. Haumesser and Burnett drove the victim to six different ATM machines ordering him to withdraw money at each. The sixth ATM machine kept the card so the two assaulted Casto and dropped him near the Red Roof Inn on Donaldson Road in Erlanger. The victim’s injuries were minor, investigators said. Images of the suspects released Tuesday prior to police making the two arrests. Photos provided by Boone County Sheriff’s Office. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office released images of the suspects to the public on Tuesday afternoon. By 7:15 Tuesday evening, they had the suspects identities and made the arrests. Burnett and Haumesser are each charged with Kidnapping and Robbery 1st degree. The two face up to 20 years in prison on each charge, if convicted. RELATED STORIES: Police Hoping The Public Can Help Identify Armed Robbery Suspects