What began as a feel-good story — a Detroit man gifted $100,000 and a car by a popular YouTuber — has ended with federal kidnapping charges against five people, including the man’s own nephew.
Federal authorities have now taken over the case from Detroit police. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) filed a criminal complaint for conspiracy to commit kidnapping.
Who’s Charged
The federal complaint names five suspects:
• Roland Terrell Chatmon — nephew of the victim
• Leica Doreen Lopez Martinez — woman who lured the victim
• Ieasha Ann Stroman — married to Dnequia Stroman
• Dnequia Jenise Stroman — also related to Chatmon (according to his jail calls)
• Kenneth Paul Anderson — linked to stolen Cash App transfers
All five are accused of working together to kidnap and rob the victim.
How It Started
In August 2025, the victim helped a social media influencer pretending to be blind outside a Detroit pawn shop.
The influencer later revealed himself, gifted the man cash, and launched a crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $100,000. On Aug. 21, the influencer delivered the money and a car and filmed the moment for social media.
Jailhouse Conversations
After the windfall went public, federal agents say Roland Chatmon — the victim’s nephew — talked about the money in recorded Wayne County Jail phone calls with his incarcerated brother:
• Aug. 20: Chatmon’s brother said, “this n*** got 100,000 and shit.”* Chatmon replied that the man also got a car and the story went viral.
• Aug. 24: During a three-way call with their mother, Chatmon said, “I can get a couple a portions of them dollars.”
His brother joked, “Twin, it’s time to come out of retirement baby.”
Chatmon laughed and added, “Ma, faster than ya’ll gambling, I be done got a good ten.”
The affidavit says Chatmon is the victim’s nephew; his mother and the victim’s spouse are sisters. It also notes that Dnequia Stroman is related to Chatmon.
The Night Before the Kidnapping
• Phones belonging to Chatmon, Lopez Martinez, and Ieasha Stroman pinged near the victim’s home around 10 p.m.
• Surveillance cameras captured a white Mazda — rented in Lopez Martinez’s name — in the area, stopping at a liquor store.
• The group later returned to Lopez Martinez’s Orion Township home, then headed back to Detroit after midnight.
The Abduction
• 3 a.m. — Lopez Martinez approached the victim near his home, claiming her car had been stolen. The victim let her into his GMC Yukon Denali.
• On Filer Avenue, armed suspects appeared, tied the victim’s hands and feet, covered his head, and threatened to kill his wife if he didn’t hand over money.
• They stole his phone, keys, and bank cards, drove him to ATMs, and to his home.
• Around 5 a.m. — Two masked suspects entered the home, tied the victim’s wife, and stole a safe with valuables, including collectible coins.
• 5:45 a.m. — Lopez Martinez, driving the Yukon, withdrew $1,000 from a Bank of America ATM on Gratiot Avenue.
• 6:25 a.m. — Detroit Fire crews responded to a vehicle fire on Filer Avenue and found the victim tied up on the ground next to his burning SUV.
• Social media photos later tied Lopez Martinez and Ieasha Stroman to clothing seen in ATM and home invasion footage — including a NASA hoodie.
Digital Money Trail
Investigators say the suspects also stole money electronically:
• $4,396.90 was moved from the victim’s Cash App account to Kenneth Anderson’s account.
• Minutes later, Anderson sent $3,437.62 to Ieasha Stroman’s Cash App account.
Phone records showed the suspects communicating and traveling together during and after the crime.
Post-Kidnapping Jail Talk
• Sept. 1: After the attack, Chatmon told his brother,
“They done got [Victim 1] ass dawg… Somebody got that n*** bro… They caught the n**** with his pants down.”*
• Sept. 6: Chatmon mentioned his co-defendants, saying,
“n*** had to put a little what’s a name together… it was check out time, Twin.”*
His brother replied, “Damn. Straight like that.”
Raids and Evidence Seized
• Chatmon’s Detroit home: a loaded .380 pistol, crack cocaine, marijuana.
• Lopez Martinez’s Orion Township apartment: a rifle, a revolver, clothing worn during the crime, and signs Chatmon stayed there.
• Ieasha & Dnequia Stroman’s Rochester Hills hotel room: two guns, black leggings seen in surveillance video, and collector coins the victim identified as stolen from his safe.
• Anderson’s Pontiac home: the phone linked to the stolen Cash App funds.
