Overview
- Formal charges filed late Friday in Crawford County accuse Tamara J. “Tammi” Hamby and three others of conspiring in a Nov. 17 staged abduction of Hamby’s developmentally disabled daughter.
- Each defendant faces conspiracy counts for kidnapping and abuse of an endangered or impaired person (Class A felonies) and false imprisonment (Class D felony), plus misdemeanor conspiracy counts for battery and terroristic threatening.
- Court records and an arrest affidavit say the plan was intended to frighten the victim about online predators after she believed she was communicating with country star Luke Bryan.
- All four defendants turned themselves in midweek at the Crawford County Detention Center and were released on bond the same day, with court dates pending.
- A sealed protective custody hearing was held the day before the surrenders, and the victim left the courthouse with state caseworkers as Adult Protective Services assumed involvement.