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NY kidnapper gets to up to life in prison for 9-year-old girl camp snatch
A man was sentenced Wednesday to 47 years to life in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who went missing from a state park in upstate New York last year. Craig N. Ross Jr. pleaded guilty in February to taking the girl in September from a campground at Moreau Lake State Park, a rural area about 35 miles north…
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3 NJ men abducted victim in Queens, tortured him for hours in $150K extortion plot: Prosecutors
Three men from New Jersey have been charged after they abducted a man outside his home in Queens at gunpoint, tortured him for hours with escalating acts of depraved violence, then threatened him with further harm unless he got them $150,000 in cash and a cache of drugs, according to prosecutors.
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Accused kidnapper thought he saved NJ girl from abusive home: Attorney
The suspect is accused of kidnapping an 11-year-old he met online. News 4’s Jen Maxfield reports.
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Carlee Russell's ex Thomar Latrell Simmons tells all on Alabama abduction hoax
Carlee Russell’s former boyfriend Thomar Latrell Simmons denied knowing about her kidnapping hoax and shut down rumors he was the reason she disappeared over his alleged involvement with a stripper.
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Alleged Queens kidnapper took 5-year-old to his apartment: Sources
Law enforcement sources say Franz Vila took the girl to his Manhattan apartment, where the two remains for several hours. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.
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A man accused of locking a woman in a homemade cell had a handwritten plan and sketch, FBI says
He called it “Operation Take Over,” with a list that included a chilling reminder to go after women who wouldn’t be missed to avoid “any kind of an investigation,” according to the FBI.
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Carlee Russell's boyfriend pleads with people to stop bullying her amid disappearance investigation
Amid the ongoing investigation of Carlee Russell’s mysterious disappearance, her boyfriend Thomar Latrell Simmons has spoken out to ask “everyone to stop bullying her” online.
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Men wanted for kidnapping woman in NJ, taking her life savings
Police need your help tracking down two men wanted for kidnapping a woman in Newark and making her give up her life savings. Pat Battle reports.
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‘I bit him': Arrest made after Miami girl, 6, fights off kidnapper: Police
A man accused of kidnapping a 6-year-old at a Miami apartment complex was arrested after the young girl was able to fight him off, police said.
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SUV stolen in New Jersey with 7-year-old boy in back seat
The moment a thief stole a family’s SUV with their 7-year-old son in the backseat was caught on camera. Adam Harding reports.
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‘Help me, he has a gun!': Ring video captures apparent kidnapping in Florida
Ring video captured cries for help during what police are calling an attempted kidnapping in Miami Sunday morning.
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NYC ‘Kidnapping' Victim Seen Tossed Into Minivan Found Safe, Was Not in Danger: NYPD
The woman picked up in the middle of the night and tossed into a dark minivan in what police believed to be a brazen kidnapping off a Brooklyn street has been found safely, and was not in fact the victim of a crime, the NYPD determined. Police circulated surveillance images over the weekend from the Friday morning incident in Gravesend,…
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Woman Reportedly Grabbed in Late-Night Brooklyn Kidnapping
Police are turning to the public for more information about a woman seemingly taken off the street in Brooklyn. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.
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Woman Picked Off NYC Street, Tossed Into Van in Reported Kidnapping: Police
A middle-of-the-night kidnapping reported to police was apparently caught on camera Friday when an unidentified woman was grabbed while walking down a Brooklyn street. Police say the kidnapping occurred around 1:45 a.m. Friday in Gravesend, near Avenue W and Stillwell Avenue. Images circulated by the department Saturday appear to show a suspect approach the woman before picking up her and…
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Brooklyn Trio Allegedly Kidnapped NJ Teen for Ransom, Tortured Victim: Prosecutors
Three Brooklyn residents were charged after kidnapping a New Jersey teenager and torturing the victim as they held the individual for ransom, according to prosecutors.
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One Person Fatally Shot During Rescue of Kidnapped Migrants, Authorities Say
A prosecutor says a hostage rescue in Houston in which one person was fatally shot on Thursday first began days ago when three migrants were kidnapped from a vehicle in a neighboring county.
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Texas Girl Found Locked in North Carolina Shed Used Gaming Chatroom Before Being Kidnapped, Mother Says
The mother of the 13-year-old girl kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a man in North Carolina tracked her daughter’s online activity.
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Four US Citizens Kidnapped at Gunpoint in Northern Mexico
The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the return of four Americans thought to be kidnapped in an attack in Mexico on Friday.
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Victim of Kidnapping Successfully Escapes Capture in South Jersey
A cross-country kidnapping case ended in South Jersey when the victim escaped from capture and ran into a gas station. NBC10’s Cydney Long, live from New Gretna, was able to retrieve security footage and spoke to the first woman that helped the victim after her escape.
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Woman Kidnapped in New Mexico a Year Ago Escapes to NJ Gas Station; Suspect in Custody
New Jersey officials claim the woman suffered abuse and isolation at the hands of a man she met as “Brett Parker” last February in New Mexico, nearly on the opposite coast of where she would escape his control one year later.