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Man accused of kidnapping 7-year-old son pleads guilty

Man accused of kidnapping 7-year-old son pleads guilty

(Brandon Duong)

(Remsen, Iowa) – A western Iowa man charged with kidnapping his son during recess has pleaded guilty in district court. KTIV-TV in Sioux City reports, that on Tuesday, Sept. 3rd, 35-year-old Brandon Duong, of Jefferson, Iowa, entered a guilty plea to one of two charges filed against him in Iowa district court. Duong submitted a guilty plea to one count of violating a custodial order which is a class D felony. His second-degree kidnapping charge was dropped. Duong was arrested January 30th and booked into the Greene County Jail, after an AMBER Alert led to a high-speed chase and a three-hour standoff near Remsen, Iowa.

Duong was accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old son, Bryson Duong, from Greene County Elementary School. A court order filed in December 2023, had restricted Duong from having custody of his son. The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office says authorities learned Duong was possibly armed with a firearm during the January pursuit. Duong allegedly had his son over his shoulder while law enforcement had their guns drawn. After the three-hour standoff, Duong surrendered, and his son, uninjured, was taken into the custody of the Department of Human Services.

 

In February of 2024, Duong pleaded not guilty to second-degree kidnapping and in March of that year, a judge ruled that Duong was competent to stand trial, after a psychiatric evaluation. A sentencing hearing for Brandon Duong has yet to be set.

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