GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. — A Clay County man is facing charges of home invasion and adult false imprisonment after confessing to tying up two people in a home in Green Cove Springs, according to Sheriff Michelle Cook.
At 11:30 p.m. Monday night, Cook said Aubrey Lumpkin, 46, called the sheriff's office and had something he needed to confess.
Detectives arrived at a home in the 1500 block of CR 315 and found Lumpkin, along with two people tied up. Cook says the couple may have been held captive for a couple of days.
The case is being investigated by CCSO along with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Right now, Cook believes the crime began as a robbery home invasion.
Neighbors tell First Coast News Lumpkin knows the victims and used to live on the property.
"It's insanity because it's not something we are used to around here," Lonnie Strickland said. He lives next door.
Detectives were able to interview the victims, Cook said. "They're obviously very traumatized, but they're being as helpful as they can."
It is unclear how the victims were treated, or what, if any, injuries they had.
Strickland calls the couple "quiet," usually keeping to themselves.
He's lived next door for four years and says he heard no cries for help or anything that would have alerted him to something suspicious.
He's praying for the couple and grateful the outcome wasn't worse. "I am thankful he got a conscience and called and turned himself in and got them help," Strickland told First Coast News.
Lumpkin was arrested and charged with home invasion with a firearm or other deadly weapon, sale and delivery of narcotics, adult false imprisonment and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He is currently being held on a total bond amount of $100,003.
The victims were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.