Redmond woman arrested after runaway teen found in her car

Published 8:36 am Wednesday, April 30, 2025

A Redmond woman was arrested and charged with kidnapping after police allege she was pulled over with a 16-year-old Louisiana teen who ran away from home a week earlier.

According to Craig Webre of Lafourche Parish in southern Louisiana, Roxanne Mocaby, 41, of Redmond, was stopped by Oregon State Police while driving in Harney County. She was charged with simple kidnapping and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.

According to Louisiana police, on April 20 officers responded to a home in Thibodaux to take a report of a 16-year-old boy who ran away from home.

After an  investigation, detectives learned the boy had been in contact with a teenage girl from Oregon on Snapchat. Detectives say the boy told the girl he no longer wanted to live with his adoptive family and planned for the girl and her mother to pick him up. Investigators tracked the girl’s phone back to Oregon and contacted local authorities.

Oregon State Police located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop, identifying the occupants as Mocaby and the two teens. During questioning, Mocaby admitted to knowledge of the situation and her involvement.

Mocaby was arrested and booked into the Harney County Jail. As of Wednesday, she remained in Oregon awaiting extradition to Lafourche Parish. Bail is set at $50,000.

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