Bad Trip for Vail resident
This guy is a F*cking genius,is it too late for him to seek public office?
Alleged Vail Kidnapping Unraveled Quickly
Duct Tape Receipt, Gun In Closet Tip-Offs To Police
POSTED: 10:41 am MDT May 19, 2005
A Vail, Colo., man's alleged kidnapping began unraveling as soon as police searched his apartment, according to information revealed in a police affidavit.
Two men grabbed Michael Sean Moore, 35, from his Vail apartment at gunpoint on May 12. The men forced his wife into a bedroom where they ordered Moore to bind her hands and feet with duct tape.
Michael S. Moore faces a number of charges after Vail police said he faked his own kidnapping and bound his wife with duct tape.
She told police that while she was tied up, she overheard the two intruders say that they were bored and wanted to watch her perform oral sex on Moore. A few minutes later, she said her husband came into the bedroom and told her that one of the men was going to have sex with her, according to the police affidavit.
Moore also told his wife the men wanted money and she gave him her ATM card and PIN, the police affidavit said. The men, who haven't been identified or arrested, then left with Moore without attempting to sexually assault his wife.
Security photos taken at a Vail bank shortly after the reported kidnapping showed Moore using his wife's card to withdraw $400 from their account, according to the complaint.
After the men left, Moore's wife was able to get free and call police, who immediately began a search for him and his kidnappers. They also started looking through his personal belongings for clues about why he would be kidnapped. One of the first things they found was a receipt for duct tape, purchased by Moore just two hours before the reported kidnapping. It was in a pocket of his work clothes he had just changed from before the incident.
Police also found an unloaded .22-caliber pistol in a backpack in Moore's closet. The gun matched the description of the gun given by Moore's wife that was used in the alleged abduction.
Another break in the case came Saturday morning when Moore's mother in Illinois called Vail police to say her son had called her Friday evening and told her he was staying in a Denver hotel because he'd had a fight with his "girlfriend," the complaint said. The mother was confused because after the call she became aware of a news story that indicated her son had been kidnapped. She told police he sounded "fine" on the phone and didn't mention any kidnapping.
Police later learned that Moore spent part of Friday at a party in nearby Beaver Creek. Friends at the party told police that Moore did not appear upset, and didn't mention he had been kidnapped, or held at gunpoint, according to the police complaint.
Police found Moore on Saturday morning at a friend's apartment in Beaver Creek. He was arrested on charges of false imprisonment, aggravated robbery, felony menacing, theft, domestic violence and false reporting.
Moore told police that at the time of the incident he was high on psychedelic mushrooms, the police affidavit said.
Vail police are still looking for two Hispanic males whom they are calling "conspirators" in the case. One was described as 6 feet 1 inches tall, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, a black gator, dark sunglasses, black pants and cowboy boots. A second man was described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing about 150 pounds to 160 pounds and wearing a gray sweatshirt with a hood, red gator, blue jeans and white tennis shoes.
Moore has a previous domestic violence arrest in Vail, police said. His wife remains in protective custody in an undisclosed location. Police said they won't release her name or her current whereabouts to ensure her safety.
