A Florida couple has been charged with human trafficking after they allegedly bonded three women out of jail in Marion County and forced them into prostitution. The Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation, a multi-agency organization in central Florida, said it believe Joselito Martinez, 34, and Tanya Wurster, 30, may have more victims, WSVN reported. Martinez and …
A Texas man was indicted this week by a federal grand jury for allegedly kidnapping a 13-year-old girl, driving her to California, and raping her multiple times. Steven Robert Sablan, 61, is charged with one count of kidnapping and one count of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, the …
A man and a woman in Texas have been charged with kidnapping an 18-year-old woman and holding her chained and zip-tied for a month while sexually assaulting her. Harris County constables initially said the woman first met Jose Reyes, 31, who gained her trust and then lured her to his house, KPRK reported. Additional interviews …
Police are looking for two men they say tried to kidnap a teen girl from a suburban Philadelphia mall on Wednesday. The 14-year-old girl told investigators she was riding an escalator down from the second floor at Willow Grove Park Mall in Willow Grove and was met at the bottom by man who said his …
Police arrested a man Tuesday who allegedly forced a woman into a guest hotel room at Caesars Palace on the Strip in Las Vegas. According to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police online booking log, Matthew John Ermond Mannix, 35, was arrested following an hours-long standoff. He’s been charged with resisting a public officer, disregarding the …
A South Carolina police officer rescued a kidnapped woman and arrested a shooting suspect late last month when she stopped vehicle that ran a red light at a North Myrtle Beach intersection. Officer Kayla Wallace was nearing the end of her patrol shift at about 5:30 a.m. on May 28 when she saw a white …
Wisconsin police are investigating a potential abduction of a 10-year-old boy which occurred on Saturday. According to Miluwakee Journal Sentinel, the unknown suspect was seen approaching the unidentified child in Miluwakee before striking him and putting him in a U-Haul van. The child has not been identified. Police said the van was later seen driving …
A man who told California police that two women had burglarized his house was arrested on Monday after an investigation determined that he actually imprisoned the pair and tortured them. Riverside police responded to Gilberto Puga’s home on Sunday after Puga, 53, reported that two women had broken into the home. The police department said …
A Maryland kidnapping victim was found naked and with stab wounds on each of her fingers Friday night when state police pulled over a U-Haul truck reported to be “driving erratically and striking multiple parked vehicles.” Police arrested Dennis Bell, 62, charging him with 14 criminal counts, including first degree assault, kidnapping, false imprisonment, fourth …
The suspect, Jonathan Jones, was found in Mexico earlier this week with the 17-year-old girl he allegedly kidnapped after skipping out on a court date. Police say there is a connection.
A 13-year-old Michigan boy helped save his younger sister from a kidnapper this week when he shot the suspect with his slingshot after she broke free. Michigan State Police said the 8-year-old girl was mushroom hunting in her Alpena County backyard on Wednesday when “an unknown male appeared from the woods,” ABC News reported. The …
A woman believed to have been abducted in New York state is dead after a chase and shootout between state troopers and her suspected kidnapper on an interstate highway in Virginia Wednesday night. New York State Police said earlier on Wednesday that Michael C. Davis, 34, forced Tatiana David, 34, into an SUV in Ithaca …
