Felon allegedly posed as CPS worker to kidnap newborn—calling police to assist in attempted abduction
Kidnapping
Police believe Joanna Boyd attempted to take the baby as she lost custody of her own children
Kidnapping
November 7, 2018
Clerk calls cops after sensing something off with hotel guest; suspect with abducted baby captured: Police
A Mississippi hotel clerk sensed something wasn’t quite right when a man showed up and checked into a hotel with a baby while acting bizarre. The clerk’s quick thinking resulted in the man’s arrest and a missing baby found safely. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a Ramada Inn clerk in Pearl, Mississippi, contacted police after a …
Kidnapping
October 23, 2018
Army paratrooper kidnaps 12-year-old girl from bedroom, rapes her, leaves ransom note behind for grandmother: Cops
Authorities in North Carolina say a soldier stationed at Fort Bragg was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl. According to the New York Post, 19-year-old James Murdock Peele was found with the missing girl after she vanished from her grandmother’s home in Carolina Pines. The suspect allegedly left a ransom note behind before …
Cold Cases
October 22, 2018
Arrest made in decades-old cold case kidnapping of teen girl — female classmate in custody
A woman was recently arrested in connection with the 1991 kidnapping of a 19-year-old Georgia woman who remains missing 27 years later. Per The Macon Telegraph, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested Melinda McSwain, 46, at Mercer University and charged her with the kidnapping of Sabrina Long. Long was last seen August 14, 1991, at …
Kidnapping
October 17, 2018
Little boy found alive 2 years after abduction: Police
A 3-year-old Massachusetts boy who vanished in 2016 was reportedly found Tuesday living with his mother in Florida. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Christina Hale, 40, took her son, Matthew Hale, from Webster, Massachusetts, in September 2016 after the boy’s father was awarded full custody. An anonymous tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children …
Kidnapping
October 16, 2018
Uber driver kidnaps sleeping passenger, drives across state lines to sexually assault her: Cops
Authorities in New York say an Uber driver was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a passenger during late-night ride earlier this year. According to WNBC, 24-year-old Harbir Parmar appeared earlier this week at a federal court in White Plains to faces criminal charges related to the February 21 incident. According to investigators, Parmar picked up …
Kidnapping
October 13, 2018
‘Extraordinary’ 11-year-old fights off would-be kidnapper as she walked from bus stop: Cops
Authorities in Colorado say a man is in custody on suspicion of attempted kidnapping following an incident earlier this week. According to KMGH, the suspect approached an 11-year-old girl walking away from her bus stop on Thursday afternoon. Police did not name the man, but said he is in his late 30s and did not …
Kidnapping
October 10, 2018
SEE IT: Walmart shopper reportedly calls cops on black man babysitting white children
‘I’m being harassed because I’m with 2 kids that do not look like me,’ Corey Lewis wrote on the video he posted to Facebook
Kidnapping
October 8, 2018
Mentally ill patron tries to take infant boy from family at restaurant, claiming baby belonged to her amid meltdown: Cops
Police in Oregon arrested a woman Saturday night after she allegedly attempted to steal an 8-month-old baby boy from his family as they ate at a restaurant. Per KATU, Oregon City officers responded to Shari’s at 8 p.m. and made contact with Pauline Gaines, 50. The incident reportedly involved Gaines and the infant son of one …
Kidnapping
October 6, 2018
Jean-Claude Van Damme’s son holds roommate at knifepoint inside their apartment
PHOENIX (AP) — A son of actor Jean-Claude Van Damme has been sentenced to 18 months of probation after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct for holding his roommate at knifepoint at their apartment in suburban Phoenix. Maricopa County Superior Court officials said 22-year-old Nicholas Francois Van Varenberg was sentenced Wednesday. Tempe police said Van Varenberg …
Kidnapping
September 28, 2018
Missing girl, 12, found safe following AMBER Alert; teen she met online arrested for allegedly kidnapping her
A 12-year-old New York girl who disappeared Wednesday and became the subject of an AMBER Alert was found safe Friday. According to the Albany Times Union, the AMBER Alert for Malaya Johnson was canceled at 1 p.m. after police confirmed she was with family. Since then, George Torres, 19, was charged with kidnapping and endangering the …
Kidnapping
September 22, 2018
Suspects planned to rape, torture and MURDER young child after kidnapping at county fair: Cops
Two men and two women have been arrested in Michigan for allegedly planning to kidnap, rape, torture and murder a child, according to authorities—who expressed that the plan was thwarted just in time. Michigan Attorney Bill Schuette identified the suspects as David Bailey, 37, of Coldwater, Matthew Toole, 32, of Battle Creek, Talia Furman, 32, …