kidnapping
Tamarac, Florida couple Abigail and Jean-Dickens Toussaint were kidnapped during a visit to Haiti earlier this month and their family says they’re being held at ransom, CBS News reports. The 33-year-olds were kidnapped near Port-au-Prince on March 18 when they were on their way to visit a sick relative in Leogane, and on Sunday (March […]
Mexico’s president deems the country safer than the U.S. amid various kidnappings of Americans south of the border. On Monday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador specifically argued that “Mexico is safer than the United States.” “There is no issue with traveling safely through Mexico. That’s something the U.S. citizens also know, just like our fellow Mexicans that live […]
The co-leader of a plan to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for his involvement in the failed domestic terror plot, the Associated Press reports. 39-year-old Adam Fox, who was one the leaders behind the plot to abduct the Democratic governor and blow up a bridge in the group’s escape was […]
According to the Department of Homeland Security, David DePape, the Canadian man accused of breaking into United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s house and attacking her husband Paul Pelosi with a hammer, had been living in the U.S. illegally for years after his immigration status expired. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued what they refer […]
Blac Chyna is threatening legal action against Ava Louise, a TikTok star who accused the model of allegedly trying to kidnap and sex traffic her. TMZ reports Chyna, whose real name is Angela Renée White, is denying the allegations, and has had her attorneys send a cease and desist letter to Louise. The TikToker recently went on social […]
A California woman has been sentenced to prison in connection with faking her own kidnapping to be with an ex-boyfriend. 39-year-old Sherri Papini, who in April agreed to a plea deal in the case, was sentenced on Monday to 18 months in prison followed by a 36-month period of supervised release. Papini must also pay more […]
A 30-year-old in Washington said a woman he met on a dating app took him hostage and robbed him at gunpoint with an accomplice. As the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department shared in a press release, the unidentified man informed deputies he traveled to meet the woman, who described herself as a similar age to him, after connecting on Plenty of […]
Fish Scales, one of the founding members of Nappy Roots, is recovering from injuries sustained during a Wednesday night ambush. The Atlanta Police Department confirmed the incident took place at around 11 p.m. when the Georgia native—legal name Melvin Adams—was closing a local brewery he co-owns. Authorities say Fish Scales (pictured at far left above) and an unidentified male patron […]
An alleged kidnapping victim was rescued this week after calling for help through a food delivery app. According to ABC 7, the incident took place at around 5 a.m. Sunday, when the Yonkers-based Chipper Truck Café received a Grubhub order for a breakfast sandwich and a burger. But it didn’t take long for employees to notice an alarming message under […]
Police in Houston are looking for a suspect who has been charged with robbing and kidnapping his roommate. CBS affiliate KHOU 11 reports Joshua N. DeLoach, 29, was captured on May 8 via surveillance footage robbing his roommate Justin Iwuji, 31, after being asked to move out of Iwuji’s home. KTRK-TV reports that Iwuji asked DeLoach to move out after he […]
