Kidnapping

VISALIA – On Sunday, at approximately 1227 hrs, officers respond to a suspicious circumstance at Demaree and Meadow regarding a female who had tried to take a vehicle with the …

Leonard C Boyle, Acting U.S. Attorney of the District of Connecticut, today announced that CHRISTOPHER JESUS CONSTANZO, 19, of Torrington, has been charged by a federal criminal complaint issued in …

            WASHINGTON – Mekhi Truesdale, 19, and William Bell, 19, both of Washington, D.C., have been indicted on 98 charges, including conspiracy to commit armed …

A Universal Aryan Brotherhood gang member pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in a racketeering enterprise, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. The UAB is a “whites only” prison-based gang with …

SHREVEPORT, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Dillon James Merritt, 54, of Many, Louisiana was sentenced today by United States District Judge Donald E. …

          LOS ANGELES – A federal jury today found two Los Angeles-area men guilty of collecting ransom payments for a criminal conspiracy in which multiple victims were kidnapped near the …

GAITHERSBURG, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Major Crimes Division, are investigating the attempted kidnapping of an adult female in Gaithersburg. On Wednesday, November 3, …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A Birmingham man was sentenced today for kidnapping and collecting ransom money, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Johnnie Sharp, Jr., and United …

LONDON, Ky— A Perry County man, Thomas Hamblin, 65, was sentenced to 270 months in federal prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, after previously being convicted …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Roberto Carlos Cervantes, 27, of Chaparral, New Mexico, was sentenced today in federal court to 19 years and seven months in prison for kidnapping. Upon his release …

A federal jury today convicted a Tulsa man who assaulted and attempted to kidnap his wife then called her from jail trying to convince her to lie to authorities about …

A gang known for previous abductions has been blamed for the kidnapping of 17 American missionaries in Haiti on Saturday, NBC News reported. The Christian Aid Ministries missionaries were kidnapped …

Crucial DNA Evidence Obtained Through Iowa Attorney General’s Sex Assault Kit Initiative COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – On Wednesday, October 6, 2021, Myron Lee Brandon, age 43, of Pacific Junction, Iowa, …

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is investigating an attempted kidnapping that occurred on Thursday, September 9, 2021, at approximately 5:58 a.m. The incident occurred in the 500 block of East …

D’Illberville, MS – On Wednesday, at approximately 3:50 P.M., the D’Iberville Police Department received a call of a possible kidnapping in the Winn Dixie parking lot. Our officers quickly responded …

Assistant U. S. Attorney Joseph J.M. Orabona (619) 546-7951 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – September 24, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Joseph Anthony Martino, a convicted felon with a long criminal history …

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JAVIER ENRIQUE DA SILVA ROJAS (the “defendant” or “DA SILVA”) was sentenced today to …

BOSTON, MA – A Boston area rideshare operator was arrested and charged with kidnapping after locking his female passenger in the backseat of his car. Boston police reported that on …

FORT WALTON, FL – Two men have been arrested for the kidnapping of a 15-year-old boy, the Okaloosa Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged …

HERNANDO COUNTY, FL –  A Florida man is in jail tonight after attacking a woman he knew with his pickup truck, then grabbing her by the neck and attempting to …