
Memphis hairdresser accused of barricading client inside salon after ‘demanding’ extra payment
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – A Memphis hair stylist has been criminally charged after she allegedly held a client hostage over an unexpected $50 fee.
Mychelle Ray, 31, is charged with aggravated assault and false imprisonment.
According to the arrest affidavit, on September 13, a woman went to Luv My Hair Salon at 6870 Hillshire Drive for a hair appointment, for which she paid a $50 deposit.
The woman would also pay her hairdresser $410 through Zelle at the salon.
Toward the end of the hair appointment, Ray allegedly demanded that her customer pay an extra $50.
The client told police that Ray “became irate and began cursing and yelling at her” for questioning the additional fee.
Ray allegedly threatened to hurt the woman, saying, “Don’t move, because I got these scissors next to your face,” according to the arrest affidavit.
The victim told police that Ray refused to allow her to leave the salon.
Instead, Ray reportedly locked the door and blocked the woman’s way out, saying, “B****, you not going nowhere until you pay me.”
The client then called police for help.
It was only after the police dispatcher told Ray that she was committing a crime but not letting her customer leave that she opened the door.
The victim told officers that “the ordeal caused her to be in fear for her life.”
Ray was booked into the Shelby County Jail on Wednesday. She’s since been released on a $7,500 bond.