Update: The jury found Laws guilty of aggravated burglary and two counts of kidnapping all with firearm specifications. They also found him guilty on having weapons under disability, or having a weapon after previously being convicted of a felony.
Your News Now at Five: The case is in the jury's hands now in the trial against Kiarris Laws.
The lead detective took the stand today(12/11/19) to tie the case together for the prosecution. He confirmed his investigation backs up the testimony of the victim in the case. He says she was taken into an apartment with her baby and held by Kiarris Laws, Marquvius Shurelds, and Lamont Jones. The woman and child were taken at gunpoint to help get the three men money and drugs from another location.
The defense leaned on the testimony of Laws' sister. She says Laws was with her at their aunt's house during the entirety of the incident.
In closing, the state says it's undeniable Laws held this woman and child against their will. The defense waived the opportunity to make opening or closing remarks.
"Moving those clothes from one car to the other car when she gets drug into that apartment, when she gets seperated from her child, had a blanket thrown over her head, we have physical evidence to support that testimony with a nose ring, and the DNA inside of that apartment, when there's no reason for that to have been there," stated Rebecca King-Newman, Assistant Allen County Prosecutor.
A pre-sentence investigation was ordered with sentencing scheduled for Jan. 27.
