Marshall Dixon, 50, was arrested and booked into the Tulsa County Jail on a kidnapping complaint after an incident involving a 1-year-old at a Walmart near 68th Street and Memorial Drive, according to KJRH / 2 News Oklahoma and KOKH. Dixon has not been convicted. The Wirth Law Office, citing Oklahoma Statutes Title 21 § 741, describes kidnapping as a felony punishable by up to 20 years in state prison.
Report underlying the arrest
Tulsa police responded at about 5 p.m. Tuesday after a woman reported that a man had taken her 1-year-old from a shopping cart. The accounts from KJRH and KOKH say the man had approached the woman while she was shopping with her children, moved the child into another cart and started away. The woman recovered the child, while Walmart security contacted 911 and escorted the suspect from the store, according to KOKH.
The woman then brought her children into a store bathroom and locked the door, according to the reports. Officers later found Dixon at a nearby bus stop, KJRH reported. KRMG reported that Dixon acknowledged taking the child when officers questioned him; this article relies on KRMG’s account for that detail and does not independently verify the statement.
Current case status
The available reporting identifies the arrest and kidnapping complaint but does not establish a conviction or additional charges. The article also does not have a verified bond amount or a court record describing what will happen at Dixon’s initial appearance.
