West Jordan man upset over missing dog faces kidnapping charge
May 25, 2025, 9:43 PM | Updated: May 27, 2025, 8:02 am
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WEST JORDAN — A West Jordan man is facing a felony charge of kidnapping another man, having him strip to his underwear, and holding him captive for allegedly stealing a dog —despite not believing the victim actually took the dog.
Jadon Randy Jones, 23, was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with aggravated kidnapping, a first-degree felony.
On May 18, a man “was ripped down to the ground and several people attacked” him, including one who “had wrapped a belt around their hand and punched” the victim, according to charging documents. The dispute was apparently over a lost or stolen dog.
Witnesses say Jones hit the victim several times and attempted to choke him while also saying, “I’m not trying to hurt you. I just want my dog back,” the charges state.
The victim was later interviewed by police and said he and others had gone to Jones’ residence for a party. He said he “was pulled down to the ground, was stripped of his clothing down to his underwear, and was being held down and punched in the face several times. (He) stated he was kept inside the residence for about 30 minutes and was given back his clothes and released when the police showed up. (He) suffered a large welt on the side of his face and had abrasion marks on his neck,” according to the charges.
“(He) reported that Jones kept him pinned down for about 10 minutes while his clothes were stripped off and he was getting punched.”
At one point, Jones and others allegedly tried to wrap the victim’s shirt around his head as a blindfold and force him into a vehicle, until someone in the group “told everyone he was not going to let anything else happen,” the charges state.
When questioned by detectives, Jones said the victim and his friends in his house had been inquiring about his dogs, but he refused to sell one to them. Later, he said he discovered one of his dogs was missing.
“Jones admitted he didn’t believe (the victim) had anything to do with the theft of his dog, but (the victim) was the last of that friend group (who) left at the house, so Jones confronted (him) because he wanted (the victim) to call his friends back to the house. Jones reported that somehow (the victim) ended up on the ground and some stairs, and Jones physically restrained (him) by placing his knee of (the victim’s) chest and pinned (his) wrists down,” charging documents say.
Jones denied knowing any of the others involved in the alleged kidnapping.
“Given the inexplicable nature of targeting an individual he believes to have done nothing wrong, (Jones) presents himself as a substantial danger to any other individual and to the community,” prosecutors wrote in their charges while requesting he be held in the Salt Lake County Jail without the possibility of posting bail pending trial.
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