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3 arrested, charged in Vernal custody dispute kidnapping case
VERNAL — An apparent custody dispute resulted in a shot fired and three people arrested and accused of trying to kidnap a child in Vernal. Ty Lucero Whetten, 36, Kaitlyn Anne Bachman, 24, and Beth Marilyn Marie Schardine, 33, were each charged Monday in 8th District Court with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated burglary, first-degree felonies. Whetten was also charged with two counts of assault on an officer, a second-degree felony, and impersonating a public servant, a class B misdemeanor.
Three people attempted to kidnap child with one posing a social worker, police report.
VERNAL — Three people planned to kidnap a child, claiming the father did not have legal custody of them, Vernal police say. On May 15 at approximately 11 a.m., Vernal dispatch received a phone call from a property manager who said a man and woman were knocking on one of his empty properties, according to the court affidavit.
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