A South Florida man whose estranged wife has been missing in Spain since early February pleaded not guilty Monday to an indictment charging him with kidnapping her. He’s also challenging his detention that was ordered by a federal magistrate judge. David Knezevich, 35, was indicted on a single charge of traveling from Miami to Madrid […]
This is the moment a 25-year-old Israeli woman taken hostage by Hamas was reunited with her father after eight months in captivity. Footage posted on social media showed Noa Argamani embracing her father after being rescued by IDF troops in a daring raid on Saturday. Ms Argamani was kidnapped along with her boyfriend Avinatan Or […]
A Garfield man accused of trying to kidnap a woman off the sidewalk last month will remain in prison. Michael Hernandez, 25, was arrested on May 16, about a week after he allegedly attempted to grab her off a Garfield sidewalk and he appeared before Bergen County Superior Court Judge Mitchell Steinhart on May 31. […]
Ringleader identified in ‘gruesome’ Seminole County kidnapping, murder Two more men have been arrested and indicted in connection to the carjacking, kidnapping and murder of a South Florida woman in April, bringing the total number of suspects who now face a possible death sentence to four. Prosecutors said Giovany Crespo Hernandez organized and kickstarted the […]
Jun. 6—An Aiken man has been accused of sexually assaulting and kidnapping a minor. Aiken Department of Public Safety officers arrested Marlon Maurice Ashley, 25, on Wednesday. A member of the juvenile’s household reported that the female juvenile had been sexually assaulted around 2 a.m. on May 1, according to a police report. The police […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Four police officers assigned in the Philippine capital region have been arrested for kidnapping for ransom that victimized four foreign tourists, officials said Wednesday. Two of the officers onboard motorcycles flagged down a luxury car carrying three Chinese and a Malaysian over the weekend, while their armed civilian cohorts handcuffed and […]
Four police officers in the Philippine capital region have been arrested for kidnapping four foreign tourists for ransom, officials said. Two of the officers on board motorcycles are alleged to have flagged down a luxury car carrying three Chinese and a Malaysian citizen over the weekend, while their armed civilian cohorts handcuffed and dragged the […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 25-year-old man is facing numerous charges after allegedly kidnapping a 47-year-old woman in Southeast Portland in the early hours of Friday, police said. The incident began around 1:40 a.m. May 31 when the man spotted the woman near SE 146th and Division and offered her a ride home. When they […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A man suspected by police as the driver of a deadly hit-and-run crash had also previously been accused of robbery and kidnapping, according to police. Manuel Mendoza Jr. was arrested on May 23, over a month after a crash that left Robert Bager dead, police said. On April 20, police received […]
Viral disinformation about rampant kidnap-for-ransom rackets in Nigeria led to a recent claim about a video purportedly showing villagers fleeing their homes after gunmen kidnapped 500 people in Zamfara state in the country’s northwest. But the claim is false: the video – previously debunked by AFP Fact Check – is old and was taken in […]
KEARNS, Utah (ABC4) — A man pleaded guilty Friday to kidnapping and murdering a 25-year-old Kearns woman in 2021. Orlando Esiesa Tobar, 32, pleaded guilty to murder and aggravated kidnapping, both first-degree felonies, on Friday, May 24. He was initially charged with aggravated murder, which was later amended, and was facing an obstruction of justice […]
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Two people arrested in Springdale for allegedly robbing a man at gunpoint and stealing his vehicle pleaded not guilty on Friday, according to court documents. Dalia Estrada, 22, and Alec Colindres, 21, were arrested on May 1 on charges including accomplice to aggravated residential burglary, accomplice to aggravated robbery, accomplice to kidnapping and […]