A kidnapping Thursday night led to an overnight crime spree that left a 2-year-old Louisiana child dead after the suspect fired randomly into a house where the boy was, The Advocate reported. Kendrick Myles, 41, was arrested just before 3 a.m. Friday after a standoff with police that followed an unsuccessful attempt by a relative …
Five men facing kidnapping charges in Canada appeared in court Tuesday, days after they allegedly abducted a New York couple and held them hostage to get $3.5 million in cocaine. Citing a federal criminal complaint, the New York Post reported that four men took James Helm Sr., 76, and Sandra L. Helm, 70, from their …
Bodycam video reportedly shows the moment Florida police officers rescued a woman from her ex-boyfriend, who had allegedly abducted her at gunpoint. Tampa police, who posted the video to their Facebook page Wednesday, said Tyre Snead, 24, entered his ex-girlfriend’s home as she slept and woke her up at gunpoint. He allegedly then went through …
A Texas man was arrested in Florida Saturday after he used Instagram to kidnap an 11-year-old girl from her Apopka home, intending to pass her off as his niece to continue an illicit relationship, ClickOrlando reports. Keith Green, 26, is being held without bond in Santa Rosa County after he was arrested at about 10:45 …
A North Carolina mother is alive this weekend after a terrifying ordeal earlier this week when her ex-boyfriend kidnapped her, drove her to Virginia, shot her in the face, and then killed himself. Crystal Lashawn Clay, 34, was taken from her Burlington home early Tuesday morning by Renaldo Lemar Tate, 34, the Carroll County, Virginia, …
California police announced Wednesday that they arrested a man who allegedly tried to abduct a 6-year-old girl from her blind father last month. Elijah Lopez, 24, was arrested on September 2 in San Diego. Los Angeles police told reporters that they believe Lopez (pictured) uses the local rail system to target young victims. On August …
An Arizona man has been charged with kidnapping after he tried to walk out of a Flagstaff grocery store pushing a cart with another customer’s baby inside, according to Flagstaff police. Jeffery Roholt, 59, told police he thought the cart was his when he finished paying for his two small bags of groceries at a …
A 1-year-old Georgia boy is back in his mother’s arms after he was kidnapped at gunpoint on Saturday and driven across the metropolitan Atlanta area before Georgia state troopers stopped the vehicle. The boy, Mateo Alejandro Montufar-Barrera, was disguised as a baby girl but unharmed and reunited with his mother, Leslie Bamaca, at the Chamblee …
Houston police are looking for a suspect who stole a car with a 2-year-old girl sleeping in the back seat, KTRK reports. The car was running and likely unlocked, parked in front of the Speed Queen Laundry in the shopping center at Mi Tienda while the mother was inside. “She was sleeping in the car. …
A person of interest in the disappearance of missing mom, Leila Cavett, is behind bars for lying to the FBI, but new information in a recently-released federal arrest warrant details an additional charge. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Cavett, 21, may have left Georgia with her toddler son “abruptly” at night and drove to Florida for …
A judge ruled Thursday that there’s enough evidence to proceed to trial in the case of a Colorado woman accused of plotting to kidnap her son from foster care with the help of a far-right fringe group, according to KUSA. Cynthia Abcug, 50, was arrested in Montana on at the end of December 2019 after …
Authorities announced Wednesday the Alabama couple accused of abducting and murdering Kamille McKinney was indicted on federal kidnapping charges. The Northern District of Alabama U.S. Attorney’s Office said indictments filed separately in U.S. District Court charged Patrick Stallworth, 40, and Derick Brown, 29, with kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap a minor victim. Federal authorities said …
