Deputies: Sumter man fakes kidnapping to blackmail his mother for $130

SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) – A Sumter man is charged with blackmailing his own mother, say Deputies.

Emmanuel Franklin, 19, reportedly extorted his mother for $130. Investigators say Franklin caused his mother to believe he would be killed by kidnappers if she did not put the money into a mailbox on Bagnal Drive in Sumter.

Franklin told officers later he made up the story to receive $130 from his mother.