Danny Ryan is a locksmith framed by con artists Edward Crandall and Denise Cormier after he changed the locks of the homes of the duo's illegitimate spouses, Jessica Blaine and Curtis Johansen. Kits involved in Cormier's staged "rape" and Blaine's bludgeoning-"rape" were found planted in his van, and he was arrested and arraigned. But was released afterwards.