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Joshua Andre Pee, 23, is accused of trying to extort money from his friends father.
Joshua Andre Pee, 23, is accused of trying to extort money from his friends father.
Published: Nov. 16, 2011 at 12:23 PM

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- An Orlando, Fla., teenager was charged for staging his own kidnapping to get a ransom from his father, Delray Beach police said.

The 17-year-old male disappeared from a celebrity tennis tournament in Delray Beach Sunday, then allegedly called his father, claiming his captors demanded $500,000 for his release, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Tuesday.

Delray Beach police detectives and FBI agents tracked the teenager and another suspect, Joshua Andre Pee, 23, to a motel in Delray Beach Tuesday, officers said. Pee fled and tried to break into a house but was apprehended.

Police said Pee denied trying to extort money from the teen's father. He was charged with the burglary of an occupied dwelling and resisting arrest, a police report indicated.

The teenager was charged with grand theft, the report said.

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