WA woman pleads ‘not guilty’ to armed robbery kink-based sex scams

A woman accused of using a kink website to lure men with the promise of sex and instead rob them, appeared in Pierce County Superior Court on Thursday.

Investigators in King and Pierce counties say 35-year-old Lacosta Marie Mortenson planned her crimes, bringing a loaded revolver to her sex scam rendezvous.

Police records say Mortenson would connect with her marks on the kink website FetLife, meet them at hotels in Tacoma, then pull out her silver revolver with a round in the chamber, and rob her would-be lovers at gunpoint.

Mortensen would steal their wallets and credit cards, then commit fraud, according to the probable cause documents.

Documents show the first incident was reported in September when investigators said she targeted a member of the military. Court docs state Mortenson got away with his wallet, which had his military ID and military travel card inside.

The second incident happened about three weeks later in October. Records say Mortenson tried to zip-tie the victim and leave him in the bathroom; she got away with a credit card and spent hundreds in fraudulent purchases.

Mortensen also faces charges for a similar robbery in Kent.

According to police records, Mortenson was caught on a hotel surveillance camera. She gave her real phone number to the victims, and had called the police herself, for a separate situation back in July. During that encounter with police, officers captured her on body cam.

Investigators used that footage to confirm she was the suspect in the fetish sex felonies.

Mortenson pleaded not guilty in court, and her bail was set at $100,000.

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