Company shocked by employee accused of imprisoning immigrant
Jeremy Roebuck
December 4, 2007 - 10:49PM
McALLEN — The employer of a Rio Grande City woman accused of locking a teenager in her office and holding him for ransom said Tuesday he was shocked to learn of the allegations against her.

Orlando Julian, director of operations for 1st Choice Provider Services Inc., maintained his company had no knowledge of the 15-year-old Mexican national Odilia Svenningsen allegedly held in the business’s Starr County office for two days.

1st Choice offers home healthcare services to clients across the Rio Grande Valley.

“We had no idea what was going on there,â€