‘A living nightmare’: Man kept woman ‘in a closet’ for months, ‘torturing’ her while cashing her social security and taking food stamps, prosecutors say

Inset: Darren John Dawson (Macomb County Prosecutor

Inset: Darren John Dawson (Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office). Background: The apartment complex where he’s accused of keeping a woman locked in his closet (WJBK).

A 34-year-old man in Michigan has been arrested for allegedly holding a woman captive in his residence for several months, allegedly locking her inside a closet where he repeatedly tortured her while also stealing her government benefits.

Darren John Dawson was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with one count each of torture, unlawful imprisonment, and larceny by conversion of $1,000 or more but less than $20,000, authorities said.

“The victim endured unimaginable suffering in what can only be described as a living nightmare,” Lucido said in a statement announcing the charges. “Our office is committed to seeking justice for her, and we will pursue every avenue to ensure this individual is held fully accountable for the alleged crimes committed.”

According to a news release from the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office, authorities are alleging that from November 2023 until April 2024, Dawson held the victim — a 58-year-old woman whose name has not been released — “against her will and kept her in a closet in his Clinton Township apartment.

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