An Arizona man faces multiple charges after his girlfriend told police she had escaped from a shed where he’d held her while assaulting her for several days. Police received a 911 call late in the afternoon on July 2 from a home in the neighborhood where Timothy James Wood, 36, lived, KTVK reported. The woman …
Iowa police arrested a woman on Monday who allegedly broke into a home and tried to steal an 11-month-old baby. Jennifer Webster, 49, reportedly knocked on a door in Davenport and asked a resident, the baby’s great-grandmother, for water. The woman gave Webster a bottle of water and shut the door — but Webster knocked …
A New York state man was arrested last week for kidnapping a 5-year-old boy while Child Protective Services were on the scene to remove the boy from the home. CPS from two counties, along with Gloversville Police, were on the scene on Friday to enforce the court-ordered removal when Sergio Poietti arrived and said he …
Two New York City police officers have been placed on administrative leave after investigators uncovered their connections with two crypto entrepreneurs charged with kidnapping and torturing a former business partner for his Bitcoin password. WPIX reported that the two officers were moonlighting as security for at least one of the two suspects, and one of …
A Kentucky man who allegedly used a property in New York to torture a kidnapping victim was arrested on Friday. WNBC reported that John Woeltz and a business associate tortured their other business partner, a 28-year-old Italian citizen who arrived in the city on May 6. Woeltz and the other suspect reportedly confiscated the victim’s …
An Indiana man faces several felonies after he allegedly rammed a woman’s car while she was stopped at an intersection, threatened to rape her and kill her baby, then tried to kidnap her. The woman told police she fought with Jason M. Middleton, 45, after he pulled a gun on her before she was able …
A Florida woman was arrested on her way to Alabama after she allegedly impersonated an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent and kidnapped her ex-boyfriend’s wife earlier this month. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office said it was called to an apartment complex on April 10 by a woman who told them she had been kidnapped. …
A Kansas state trooper rescued a kidnapped 6-year-old girl and arrested two men, including the man charged with kidnapping her. The Kansas Highway Patrol did not say when the arrest took place or where in Kansas but said the little girl had been kidnapped in another state, which they also did not identify, a month …
A boy abducted by his non-custodial mom from Georgia seven years ago has been found in Colorado. Abdul Aziz Khan, then 7, was reported missing on November 27, 2017, when his mother, 40-year-old Rabia Khalid, failed to show up for a custody hearing in Atlanta, WAGA reported. Police say she fled with the boy and …
A missing North Carolina teen has been found and two men arrested on trafficking and kidnapping charges. The missing 15-year-old girl, from Spring Lake, was found at a home in Kitty Hawk, some 250 miles away, Thursday morning, according to WTVD. Elihue Martin Mahler, 31, and Austyn Lee Cole, 23, have been charged with human …
Alabama police said they believe a man who vanished in December was abducted and have named five suspects in his disappearance. In a statement issued to AL.com, Huntsville police said Ronald Dumas Jr.’s case has shifted from a missing person case to an “active abduction” case. The release mentioned new critical information regarding two women …
A Florida man has been charged with kidnapping after he carjacked a woman who had struck him on his bicycle. Danny Keith Phelps, 67, was charged with kidnapping/false imprisonment, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and tampering with a witness, the Lake City Police Department said. Officers were called to a Lake City pharmacy on …
