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Posted: 8:37 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013

Vallejo couple arrested for kidnapping, forcing woman into prostitution

James Thomas, 31, and his girlfriend, Xaviera Laney, 20
James Thomas, 31, and his girlfriend, Xaviera Laney, 20

VALLEJO, Calif. —

A string of events Saturday lead Vallejo police to a woman who claims she was kidnapped at gunpoint in Oakland and then forced into prostitution by a Vallejo couple.

Police said 31-year-old James Thomas and his girlfriend, 20-year-old Xaviera Laney, were arrested on charges suspicion of kidnapping and forcible pimping.

The couple was arrested Saturday morning after police said Thomas brandished a gun at a gas station early Saturday morning.

Witnesses said Thomas left the scene in a white Mustang and he was later located at a home on Kentucky Street.

At the home, an adult woman told officers she'd been kidnapped and forced into prostitution

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