Douglas J. Martin + marijuana, heroin and drug paraphernalia
Police in the western suburb suspected Douglas J. Martin, 38, was holding an ex-girlfriend prisoner in his basement after a tipster reported that Martin had posted an account of the kidnapping on his Facebook page.
As it turned out, police didn't find anyone trapped in Martin's basement, but when they searched the home in the 400 block of Uvedale Court, they found marijuana, heroin and drug paraphernalia.
"Martin admitted posting on Facebook that he was holding a Korean female as a kidnap victim in his basement and that he is currently taking a creative writing class," Riverside Police Chief Tom Weitzel said in a statement, "and this was meant as part of his project and was not factual."
Weitzel said Martin later attributed the posting to a desire to elicit a reaction from his ex-girlfriend, a Chicago woman.
Martin has been charged with possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of cannabis.
The initial kidnapping tip came to police Sunday afternoon from someone who saw the posting on Martin's Facebook page and became concerned.
Officers went to Martin's home and with Martin's permission, searched the entire building. They didn't find the woman, police said, but i n a downstairs bathroom, they discovered small, clear plastic bags and 14 medicine capsules that were later determined to contain heroin.
Police also found pill bottles filled with a green leafy substance they later determined was marijuana.
After he was arrested, police contacted Martin's ex-girlfriend, who told them she hadn't had any "physical contact" with him in five years, but that he had recently been making harassing phone calls to her.
source: chicagotribune