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PLAINS TWP. — Police say that two men who allegedly restrained a woman wanted by Wilkes-Barre Township police will face criminal charges.
Andrew Estus, 27, of Larksville and Christopher Casazza, 26, of Hanover Township, each faces charges of false imprisonment and criminal conspiracy after an incident on Sunday.
Police say that Nzinga Callendar, of Wilkes-Barre, reported to police that she received a text message to meet a man at the Red Roof Inn on Route 315. After getting into the man’s vehicle, another man dressed in all black grabbed her from the back and restrained her.
The men, later identified as Estus and Casazza, told her that she had a warrant for her arrest and transported her to the Wilkes-Barre Township Police Station.
Callendar, who did have an arrest warrant through Wilkes-Barre Township, was also taken into custody and jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.
Court records indicate that Estus and Casazza are scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 8:45 a.m. on Nov. 10 before Magisterial District Judge Diana Malast.
Casazza is free on bail, while Estus remains jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $10,000 bail.