On 06/12/2024, Tajon Cohen, 19 of Dover, DE, was extradited back to Delaware with the assistance of the Delaware Department of Justice and formally charged in connection to a kidnapping case that occurred on 05/11/2024.

On 05/11/2024, Milford Police Department was contacted by the victim family’s advising that they were concerned for the victim’s safety.  Contact was made with the victim, who advised officers that they were held against their will by Cohen.  Officers learned that Cohen allegedly forced the victim to drive them around the Milford and Dover areas and took the victim’s cell phone.  Cohen then fled the area and was located by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Georgia, where he was taken into custody on 05/30/2024.

Cohen was charged with Kidnapping Second Degree, Unlawful Imprisonment Second Degree, Malicious Interference Emergency Communications, Offensive Touching and Menacing.  He had a presentment through the Justice of the Peace Court 2 and was committed to the Delaware Department of Correction in default of $67,200.00 cash bail only.  Cohen was issued a no contact order between him and the victim.  Cohen was ordered to appear at a later date in the Kent County Court of Common Pleas for a Preliminary Hearing.

 

Released by Public Information Officer, Sgt. Timothy Maloney

Released: 06/13/2024