A Frankfort man charged with kidnapping is out of jail after the “victim” admitted making the whole thing up.

Police say James N. Dixon, 18, told police that Dwayne Wainscott pulled a gun to force him to drive him to Lexington. Investigators say Dixon told them that Wainscott threatened his life on several occasion while holding the gun to his chest. He says he got away when the vehicle broke down in Versailles.

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Police now say Dixon admitted making the whole thing up. Officers arrested Dixon and charged him with falsely reporting an incident.

Wainscott spent nine days in jail before his release

A Multnomah County grand jury this week issued a 29-count indictment against a 58-year-old man police dubbed the “handyman scammer,” and issued a warrant for a woman accused of helping him commit theft, court records show.

Clinton Timothy Reany, who has more than 20 felony convictions on his record, appeared in court Wednesday and entered a not guilty plea to the entire indictment that charges him with 11 counts of identity theft, two counts of second-degree theft, six counts of operating without a contractor’s license, five counts of first-degree theft, seven counts of theft by deception, three counts of first-degree criminal mischief, one count each of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and possession of a stolen vehicle.

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The indictment also charges Lisa Kay Tornow with five counts of first-degree theft and two counts of second-degree theft. She has not been arrested yet, but a warrant has now been issued. Police have not said how Tornow is involved in the alleged crime.

Court records show that Reany used the names “Rick Mintkenbaugh” and “Dan Reany” to unlawfully deceive and defraud. He is also accused of using the business names of “Concrete Solutions,” “Dan’s Painting” and “Concrete Plus” as part of his scheme to defraud his victims, court records show.

He is accused of targeting his victims with the promise of doing driveway and sidewalk repairs. Police said Reany caused thousands of dollars in damage to property. Police said Reany never had a valid license that would have been issued by the State of Oregon Construction Contractors Board.

Police said Reany would force his victims to pay him up front with the promise that he would return later to finish the job and collect the rest of the money. In some cases, he never started the work, or never came back. When he did start working, police said it was very poor quality that caused even more damage to the homeowner. Police said Reany was able to steal more than $5,000 from his victims.

According to the indictment, 12 people testified before the grand jury.

Reany is scheduled to be back in court March 3, 2015.

Officials with the Robertsdale Police Department are seeking the public’s help to find a local teenager who has been missing since just before Thanksgiving.

According to information received by the department, 16-year-old Shelton Armstrong left his residence in Robertsdale Nov. 25, 2014.

“We have received several leads in the case, but so far nothing has panned out,” said Sgt. Rex Bishop, RPD chief investigator. “So far we have not received any information that indicates there is foul play involved and we are still treating the case as a runaway.”

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Police continuing to follow leads in the local area and some outside the local area, Bishop said. It is believed that Armstrong may be in the company of a juvenile female.

“We still have the information posted on the national database and will continue to follow up on any leads,” Bishop said.

Armstrong is described as a white male, 6-foot-1, 220 pounds with light brown hair and blue eyes.

Anyone with information in the case is encouraged to call the Robertsdale Police Department at 251-947-2222, Bishop said, or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST).

Seven people have been arrested in Laurel County during a meth lab bust.

KSP received an anonymous tip about several subjects manufacturing methamphetamine at a residence on Slate Lick Road. When troopers arrived at the home, they discovered a one step meth lab and drug paraphernalia.

The police arrested Wesley Mullins, Regina Mullins, Joseph Beaudin, Alisha Beaudin, Jonathan Turner, Amanda Leger, and Jonathan Hoskins at the scene.

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All seven suspects are facing charges of manufacturing meth and possession of drug paraphernalia. Hoskins is also facing a fleeing and evading charge.

All of the subjects were lodged in the Laurel County Detention Center.

Officers say a man was confronted by an employee after attempting to shoplift cigarettes from the Remke Market at 93 Carothers Road in Newport about 3 p.m. Wednesday. The suspect in the alleged shoplifting incident then proceeded to car jack a van with a handicapped man inside.

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The carjacker pointed a gun at the employee who tried to stop him, got in the passenger’s side of a nearby van in an adjoining parking lot and forced the driver out, police said.

Officers said there was a passenger in the van, a Clifford Dragoo, 51. Authorities have said the man is mentally disabled.

The black 2006 Chrysler Town and Country van was last seen heading westbound on Carothers Road.

Several witnesses attempted to stop the carjacking, officers said. Investigators were attempting to get the carjacker’s fingerprints from the cigarette cartons at the store.

The victim was wearing a gray fleece jacket, blue jeans and a hat. Police said he has the mental capacity of a 12 year old.

A Franklin County man has been released from jail after police say that the kidnapping charges filed against him were false.

Dwayne Wainscott spent 9 days in jail. He was released Monday after his kidnapping case was dropped.

Wainscott was originally accused of forcing an acquaintance, James Dixon, to give him a ride from Frankfort to Lexington at gunpoint.

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The ride ended in Versailles when the car blew a tire. Dixon told police he ran to a nearby house to ask someone to call 911.

Wainscott denied the allegations to LEX 18.

“He went to go get heroin in Versailles when he went up there to get heroin there was a donut tire on the right driver side tire. It blew on him. He wrecked the car. It had no tags. No insurance. It was from Ohio… he had no license and he had dope on him. So what he done was he pawned his charge off on me,” said Wainscott.

James Dixon was arrested on a warrant Tuesday and has since been charged with filing a false report.

Local law enforcement is searching for a 29-year-old woman who told her father a week before Christmas that she was homeless.

Ashley Blanco is described as a white female, with brown hair, hazel eyes and about 5 feet, 4 inches tall and 130 pounds.

According to a Red Bluff Police Department missing person report, Blanco was last contacted by her father a week before Christmas. She told her father she was homeless and he paid for a three-night stay at an unknown hotel.

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Blanco was supposed to meet her father in Redding the week after Christmas, but never arrived. Her last phone number has been disconnected.

Blanco may be in the Red Bluff or Redding Area.

The Red Bluff Police Department asks anyone who contacts Blanco to check on her welfare and call Officer Matt Haman at (530) 527-3131

Lexington police are on the scene of an armed robbery at a florist shop.

It happened around 12:30 Wednesday afternoon. Officials say that a white male walked into Imperial Florist on Waller Avenue and brandished a weapon. The suspect got away with an undetermined amount of cash and a phone.

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Police brought a K-9 to the scene but say that the dog lost the scent near Man O’War Place.