{"id":1347592,"date":"2024-08-16T15:46:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T20:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1347592"},"modified":"2024-08-20T03:45:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T08:45:24","slug":"man-arrested-over-alleged-plot-to-kidnap-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1347592","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested over alleged plot to kidnap, murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

MORRIS COUNTY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \"\"An East Texas man was arrested on Monday after authorities said they uncovered a plot to abduct and murder another person according to our news partners at KETK. Officials with the Morris County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office said the plot was discovered last week, and during investigations, developed \u00e2\u20ac\u0153solid probable cause\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to obtain an arrest warrant and search warrant. Mark Anthony Johnson, 49 of Naples, was arrested on Monday and officials said a search of his property resulted in the recovery of supplies and materials collected for: se in the kidnapping, torture and murder, including deadly weapons, and a large quantity of chemicals and other materials \u00e2\u20ac\u0153for the destruction of evidence of the crime.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Johnson was arrested for conspiracy to commit capital murder and is being held on a $1 million bond.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I deeply appreciate the diligent and efficient work of my team of investigators and the Texas Rangers who worked long hours to get Johnson taken into custody before anyone was harmed,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Morris County Sheriff Jack Martin said in a release. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m proud of them for capturing him without anyone being injured.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MORRIS COUNTY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c An East Texas man was arrested on Monday after authorities said they uncovered a plot to abduct and murder another person according to our news partners at KETK. Officials with the Morris County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office said the plot was discovered last week, and during investigations, developed \u00e2\u20ac\u0153solid probable cause\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to obtain an … Continue reading Man arrested over alleged plot to kidnap, murder<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1347613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/08\/johnson-e1723838387532-164x200.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1347592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 04:06:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/08\/johnson-e1723838387532-164x200.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1347592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1347610,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347592\/revisions\/1347610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1347613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1347592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1347592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1347592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}