A Georgia man who sexually abused a North Carolina girl and held her captive for more than a year will not spend a day in prison. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Michael Wysolovski, 33, was sentenced to 10 years, with eight months of that time to be spent in jail and the remainder to be spent …
A would-be alleged kidnapper was jailed in West Virginia this week for reportedly attempting to snatch a 5-year-old girl from her mother at a mall. According to MetroNews, the incident involving Mohamed Fathy Hussein Zayan, 54, and the mother and daughter occurred Monday evening at Huntington Mall in Barboursville. The mother called police and claimed she and her child were in an Old Navy …
An Idaho woman who pulled her daughter out of school earlier this month reportedly told police she planned to inject the girl with bleach. Idaho Statesman reports that Brooke Helmandollar, 41, tooks her 10-year-old daughter from her elementary school on March 12. A school employee reportedly noticed that Helmandollar covered her car seats with plastic. According …
A Massachusetts man who allegedly held a woman captive for three days in January was accused in court of repeatedly sexually assaulting and threatening her before police rescued her. According to MassLive.com, Victor Peña, 38, is being held without bail on one count of kidnapping and 10 counts of aggravated rape stemming from the January 19 abduction …
A reporter who reached out to Jake Patterson, a man behind bars for the kidnapping of 13-year-old Jayme Closs and the murder of her parents, received a surprising phone call from the suspect on Friday. Reporter Jennifer Mayerle, who works for CBS Minnesota, sent Patterson a letter at the Polk County jail in Wisconsin, asking …
Authorities in California say a man suspected of trying to kidnap two young children at a park was apprehended by quick-acting parents who witnessed his alarming behavior. According to the New York Post, 29-year-old Marcus DeWitt allegedly attempted to grab a 3-year-old boy from the Rosetta Canyon Sports Park at about 11:30 a.m. on Monday. …
An Ohio State student who was abducted at gunpoint by her son’s father was killed Monday following an officer-involved shooting in Kentucky which also resulted in the suspect’s death, according to reports. In a press release, the university stated that an armed Ty’rell Pounds, 24, was seen forcing Skylar Williams, 20, into his vehicle at …
New details continue to emerge in the case of a 14-year-old Tennessee girl who was taken over 700 miles from her home, reportedly to get away from her adoptive father, accused of sexually assaulting her. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities arrested 31-year-old Bryan David Rogers (pictured left), for sexual exploitation and child abduction after he allegedly picked up …
Tennessee authorities said a teen girl who disappeared for over two weeks reached out to the St. Louis, Missouri, FBI while she was missing. She was found in Wisconsin on Thursday, at the home of a man facing abduction charges. ABC 6 reports that an FBI tip helped authorities find the girl in Madison, Wisconsin, …
Authorities in New York say a mother invented a false story involving a kidnapping attempt in an effort to explain an injury her 1-year-old son sustained while in her custody. According to the New York Post, Jeymi Guerra Cordova approached police in Nassau County earlier this month to recount the supposed attack by a stranger. …
A kidnapping survivor and advocate has spoken out in a viral video to explain why holidays are especially hard for her—and could be for others who’ve experienced trauma. Alicia Kozakiewicz, 30, revealed that the holidays are especially traumatic for her as a man she met online kidnapped her on New Year’s Day 2002. She says …
Authorities arrested 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson on Thursday and charged him in connection with the kidnapping of Wisconsin girl Jayme Closs and the deaths of her parents. Here is what we know about the suspect so far. Unemployed but worked with Jayme’s parents previously According to Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald, Patterson was unemployed at the …
