A beloved 83-year-old American nun has been kidnapped by an unidentified group of gunmen in Africa, prompting concern from her friends and loved ones about her safety. Earlier this week, the Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a news release stating that Sister Suellen Tennyson had been abducted Monday night from a convent in Yalgo in …
The man accused of kidnapping and murdering 18-year-old Naomi Irion will stay behind bars as the criminal case against him proceeds. On Friday, a judge ruled that 41-year-old Troy Driver must remain in jail without the opportunity for bail. The decision came the same day that Driver was formally charged with numerous crimes, including first-degree …
Update: A woman who was assaulted and kidnapped at a Cleveland, Ohio, mass transit station Sunday afternoon has been found safe, WEWS reports. No further information was released. Original story: Cleveland Police have arrested two suspects in the assault and kidnapping of a woman at a mass transit station Sunday afternoon, but the woman remains …
Oklahoma police have arrested a man they say stole a car with two children in the backseat — and then arrested the children’s mother for child endangerment and public intoxication. Charmagne Gray reported to Tulsa Police that she’d left her car running outside an apartment complex, and a man jumped in and took off with …
A 5-year-old Florida girl was killed Thursday night when a kidnapping suspect, pursued by police, drove off an interstate ramp into a retention pond. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer Christian Hancock said officers ran into the water and apprehended the driver, but they were unable to locate the little girl, WJXT reported. Fire crews and a dive …
On Wednesday, a Florida judge rejected a plea that would have reduced the 18-year prison sentence of a woman who kidnapped a baby from a hospital in 1998 and raised the child as her own. Gloria Williams was sentenced in June 2018 to 18 years in prison for posing as a nurse and taking Kamiyah …
Six people in Texas have been arrested and charged with kidnapping a woman they met online and torturing her for a week while they held her against her will. Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said that the victim had been “severely tortured.” According to the arrest affidavit, the woman told investigators that her captors forced …
A woman who was stolen as a baby from a Florida hospital in 1998 has reportedly asked the courts to reduce her kidnapper’s sentence. Gloria Williams was sentenced in June 2018 to 18 years in prison for posing as a nurse and taking Kamiyah Mobley from a Jacksonville hospital. According to reports, police initially believed …
A Nevada man has been arrested in connection with a missing teenager who was last seen in a Walmart parking lot earlier this month. On Friday, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office arrested 41-year-old Troy Driver at his home in Fallon, Nevada. He is being held on kidnapping charges, according to the sheriff’s office. The arrest …
A 2-year-old Minnesota boy reported missing on Thursday has been found safe and the man believed to have abducted him is in jail. Officials issued an AMBER Alert for Robert Ramirez, who was believed to have been taken from Pope County early Thursday, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Victor Ramirez, AKA Benigno Alvarrez, was arrested outside …
A Utah man arrested this week for a violent attempted kidnapping in Logan reportedly told police he thought the victim was his wife and let her go when he realized it wasn’t her. Logan Police Capt. Curtis Hooley said that witnesses said they saw Carlos Cisneros-Diaz punch a woman in the face and try to …
A South Carolina mother foiled an attempted kidnapping Friday afternoon when she confronted a man who had lured her 5-year-old daughter out of a convenience store and was about to run off with her. Greenville County Sheriff’s Lt Ryan Flood said the incident took place at about 2:30 p.m. at a Spinx gas station, WYFF …
