Willowbrook Man Arrested in Kidnapping for Ransom Scheme

The DuPage County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man for allegedly staging his own kidnapping in order to collect a ransom.

Dorian Ford, 19, of the 10s600 Block of Ivy Lane in Willowbrook has been charged with one count of disorderly conduct for filing a false crime report, which is a Class 4 felony.

Last night at approximately 7 p.m. the sheriff’s office received a report of an alleged kidnapping for ransom in unincorporated Willowbrook. 

Members of Ford's family said they had gotten a call telling them that Dorian had been kidnapped and that he would be held until they paid $1000 ransom for his safe return. 

Through the course of the search, deputies found Dorian, who told them that he had been kidnapped and hit over the head. Further investigation and interviews revealed that Ford had not been kidnapped or harmed and that he allegedly made the phone call, report and ransom demand himself.

Ford is currently being held in the DuPage County Jail and is scheduled to be in bond court today at 4 p.m.

*The above was a media announcement from the office of Sheriff John E. Zaruba