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Shrewsbury native Otis Moon, an local businessman, was held captive in his home on Highway 187 on Sunday afternoon by three men who alleged to be FBI agents.

An investigation into the incident is being headed by Deputy Bryan Hammons of the Grayson County Sheriff’s Department.

Moon explained to Hammons that he was waiting in the sunroom attached to his home for a neighbor to pick him up when the kidnapping occurred.

According to Moon’s testimony, a grey Cadillac car pulled up to his house, and three men wearing FBI shirts and CIA caps approached him.

Two of the men were described as being approximately 6’ tall with average builds. The third suspect was closer to 5’4” tall. All were Caucasian.

The men purportedly told Moon that they were FBI agents and that he was part of an investigation that had already led to the arrest of a local judge.

The men restrained Moon’s hands with a zip tie.

Approximately five minutes later, a vehicle driven by Denny Lindsey stopped at the house in order to pick up Moon as planned.

One of the three assailants approached Lindsey with the same FBI cover story they had given Moon, and asked him to come inside. Lindsey, along with his wife, daughter and granddaughter, who were also in the car, came into the sunroom, where the three impersonators zip-tied Lindsey’s hands.

The group was held for approximately 25 minutes, during which time one of the three remained outside, and another remained on his cell phone, according to the information given Hammonds by the kidnapped individuals, who also asserted that the kidnappers were “calm,” and never threatening.

One of the three assailants was reported to have had a firearm on his person, though he never threatened to use it and did not remov it from its holster.

The men explained to Moon at the end of the ordeal, that there had been a mistake and he would be released, but was to report to Federal Court in Louisville at 2 p.m. on Monday, February 6.

The three men cut the zip tie binding Lindsey’s hands, but when they were unable to sever Moon’s zip tie, they left him restrained.

The kidnappers left the residence in the Cadillac, driving toward Edmonson County.

Once they had gone, Lindsey freed Moon and called 911.

Deputy Hammons contacted the FBI as part of his investigation, and was told by an agent that he would be contacted should they need any further information about the alleged impersonators.

No one was harmed during the incident, and the assailants neither asked for entrance into the home nor took any of Moon’s of Lindsey’s belongings as they left.

Read more: Grayson County News Gazette - Businessman kidnapped by FBI impersonators

FBI agents in a grey Cadillac? A male FBI agent who is only 5'4" tall? No mention of dark sunglasses or fake FBI IDs? The victims just took the word of three kidnappers because they wore FBI t-shirts and caps? The victims must have been Obama voters. Everybody else knows that male FBI agents are at least 6 feet tall, drive black sedans or SUVs, and wear black sunglasses - and distrust feds enough to ask to see an ID before allowing themselves to be handcuffed. :biggrin: