Lang
7/25/21
An Iowa City man who once robbed a taxicab driver has been arrested again after he allegedly held a woman against her will.
North Liberty Police were called to the Sugar Creek Lane apartment of 33-year-old Samuel Lockett III just before 9pm Saturday. According to arrest records, Lockett took a woman’s cellphone and other belongings and kept her inside his apartment for hours while he demanded money. Police say Lockett was extremely agitated and uncooperative. He also allegedly made what were described as “several statements of a violent nature”, causing the responding officer concern for the alleged victim and witnesses.
Lockett was arrested and charged with False Imprisonment. If convicted, he faces a maximum of one year in jail.
In 2014, Lockett reached a plea deal with prosecutors after police say he robbed a cab driver on New Year’s Eve 2013 on the 900 block of Hudson Avenue. A 2nd Degree Robbery charge was pleaded down to Assault While Participating in a Felony, and Lockett was sentenced to five years in prison.