A California man is facing kidnapping charges after he allegedly drove off with a 17-year-old girl who reportedly tried to expose him for soliciting minors for sex online. KNSD reports that the 17-year-old and her friends arrived at a shopping center on Sunday afternoon as part of an amateur sting operation targeting Robert Dreyfus, 32. …
A Texas man who was ambushed and thrown into the back of a car trunk managed to escape and likely saved his own life. Authorities said had he not gotten away, they probably would have been dealing with a homicide. “I think, had he not gotten free, we’d be working a homicide case. I really …
A 14-year-old bravely fought off a would-be kidnapper at Vancouver Mall in Washington on Saturday, and witnesses chased the man down and held him until police arrived, KGW8 reported. Steven Hayes, 49, is being held on felony kidnapping, assault, and harassment charges and a custody violation at Clark County jail. His first court date is …
A 12-year-old Florida boy who jumped out of a pickup truck on Wednesday was spotted by witnesses who not only rescued him but apprehended his alleged abductor. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that the victim was walking home from school when he got into Timothy Miller’s truck. Shortly after that, Miller allegedly asked the boy …
The granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, who died following a possible overdose at the Kennedy compound in Cape Cod on Thursday, was allegedly targeted in an attempted kidnapping years before. Citing an archived report from WCBV-TV in Boston, the New York Post reports that Saoirse Kennedy Hill had been approached by possible kidnappers in 2007, …
Following the conviction of sex cult leader Keith Raniere on multiple criminal counts this week, the famous mother of one alleged victim called to reveal the verdict in an emotional call. As CrimeOnline previously reported, “Dynasty” star Catherine Oxenberg’s daughter, India, was reportedly a member of Nxivm and was placed on a starvation diet for …
Police in Minnesota have arrested a second suspect in the abduction and attempted murder of a woman who an Uber driver reportedly found shot on a dark road last week. The Star Tribune reported that Luis Alfredo Cortez Mendoza, 23, was criminally charged Monday in Washington County for shooting a 39-year-old woman who was hospitalized …
An Oklahoma man who kidnapped his preadolescent stepdaughter, repeatedly raped and abused her, and fathered nine of her children in the 19 years he held her captive was convicted in federal court last week. A statement issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Henri Michelle Piette, 63, was …
A California woman was recently arrested for allegedly masquerading as a social worker in an attempt to kidnap a 1-week-old baby from their mother on Friday. Though police haven’t publicly identified the 38-year-old suspect in custody, they alleged she approached the mother at her Santa Ana home and claimed she was a social worker named …
Authorities in California say three of four suspects in a foiled kidnapping attempt are behind bars and the victim is safe. According to the Farmington Daily Times, a man was allegedly kidnapped on Sunday by three men and a woman who brandished multiple weapons while forcing him into their car. The suspects went on to …
Authorities in Texas have issued an AMBER Alert for a 2-year-old girl who they said could be in grave and immediate danger after being abducted from her mother’s apartment. Ariel Smith reportedly vanished from Henderson on Tuesday. Local police have identified her father, LaMarcus Smith, 41, as a suspect in the apparent abduction. According to …
Authorities in Arizona say a man has been arrested on suspicion of holding a woman in a torturous “dungeon” dedicated to his violent sexual proclivities. According to AZ Family, 48-year-old Jason Monroe Smith is expected to face felony criminal charges including kidnapping and aggravated assault. The alleged victim is identified as the suspect’s girlfriend, though …
