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NYPD: Merchant held for ransom, tortured for month

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 23rd

By COLLEEN LONGAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound and burned with acid as he was held for a $3 million ransom his family back in Ecuador did not have,

2 inmates charged in Mo. with attempted kidnapping

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 11th

By MARIA SUDEKUMAssociated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Two inmates who fled a Kansas prison face several charges in Missouri where they're accused of trying to ambush the officers pursuing them and of attempting to kidnap the mayor of the small town where they were eventually captured after

DNA test shows Ohio kidnap suspect fathered girl

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 11th

By THOMAS J. SHEERAN and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSAssociated Press CLEVELAND (AP) - As relatives of the Cleveland kidnapping and rape suspect recounted claims of his unnerving paranoia and violent outbursts, DNA testing confirmed the man accused of holding three women captive for nearly a decade is the

Police check possible link to Calif. girl's death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) - Police were trying to determine if there's a link between a man accused of breaking into an apartment in Placerville and trying to kidnap a toddler, and the killing of an 8-year-old girl about 45 miles away in Calaveras County, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Police

Grandparents: Fla. boys unaware of kidnapping

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 11th

By MIKE SCHNEIDERAssociated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Two young boys seem unaware their parents kidnapped them and believe their sailboat trip to Cuba was only a vacation, not an attempt by their mom and dad to flee U.S. authorities, the children's grandparents said Thursday. Patricia and Bob

Couple jailed for fleeing with kids to face judge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 11th

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and KELLI KENNEDYAssociated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Florida parents charged with kidnapping their boys from their grandparents and sailing to Cuba on a boat called "Salty" to elude authorities were expected to face a judge Thursday for the first time since they were forcibly

Survivors angry over 'Pain & Gain' depiction

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

By SUZETTE LABOYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The real-life murder, torture and kidnapping case from South Florida that's behind the coming movie "Pain & Gain" indeed reads like a script - just not a funny one. The fact that the film, starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, is

2 charged in kidnap, assault of Calf. girl, 10

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

By GREG RISLINGAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - The knifepoint kidnapping and sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl started as a burglary, until the suspect apparently changed his mind and took the child from her San Fernando Valley bedroom, police said. New details in the case were released

Prosecutor: NY cannibal plotter was ready to act

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 7th

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A prosecutor argued Thursday that the FBI had to stop a New York City police officer last year before he could go forward with a macabre scheme to abduct and cannibalize women, while his lawyer dismissed the supposed plot as "no more

Defendant won't testify at NYC cannibal-plot trial

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 5th

By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The defense has notified the judge that a New York police officer charged with conspiring to kill and eat women will not testify at his Manhattan trial. The defense for Officer Gilberto Valle (VAL'-ee) began Tuesday with the