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Haitian gang leader Germine ‘Yonyon’ Joly has been charged by federal prosecutors in the U.S. in connection with the kidnapping of 17 Christian missionaries last year, the Associated Press reports. The 29-year-old leader of the 400 Mawozo gang is the first person charged in connection with the kidnapping of 16 U.S. and one canadian missionaries in […]
Two men have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a woman who turned them down. According to Newsweek, the incident took place on March 20 at an Exxon gas station in Decatur, Georgia, where 21-year-old Quentin Williams and 19-year-old Rodrequicge Allen allegedly made advances toward the woman. Shortly after the victim rejected their offers, the men forced the woman […]
A California woman who was arrested last month on charges including making false statements to federal law enforcement in connection with a kidnapping hoax has signed a plea deal. Sherri Papini, 39, has agreed to plead guilty to making materially false statements to FBI agents and committing mail fraud “based on her being a kidnapping victim,” […]
A New York City woman was apprehended by authorities on Tuesday after it was alleged that she lured a man on Instagram with a date, kidnapped him, tortured him, and demanded a $100K ransom from the victim’s brother. According to NBC News, 21-year-old Valerie Rosario kidnapped an unidentified 24-year-old man on Feb.7 after getting him to […]
A California woman is facing decades behind bars for allegedly faking her 2016 kidnapping. Sherri Papini was reported missing in early November 2016, after she failed to return home from a jog. The disappearance set off a nationwide search that involved multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI. The then-34-year-old mother was found three weeks later […]
José Antonio Yépez Ortiz—a gang leader in Mexico known as “El Marro” or “The Sledgehammer”—has been sentenced to 60 years in prison over kidnapping, according to authorities in Guanajuato. Yépez Ortiz was arrested on Aug. 2, 2020 following a police shootout. His gang—Santa Rosa de Lima—was known for stealing gasoline from government fuel ducts, per ABC News, and was […]
Two people in Florida are being charged after police say they kidnaped a man, held him for three days, and tortured him. It hasn’t been made clear how the pair—51-year-old Marie Dorsainvil 56-year-old Occius Dorsainvil—are related, but they are now facing charges of kidnapping, attempted murder, and armed robbery, per WPLG. An arrest report noted that they confessed to the […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Seventeen missionaries—made up of 16 Americans and 1 Canadian—were kidnapped in Haiti Saturday, and police believe a local gang […]
A Michigan man will spend years behind bar for his involvement in an alleged plot to kidnap his state’s governor. According to the New York Times, 25-year-old airline mechanic Ty Garbin was sentenced to 75 months in prison Wednesday for his role in the scheme against Democratic lawmaker Gretchen Whitmer. Garbin is the first defendant to be sentenced in the […]
A Louisiana millionaire has copped a plea deal in a bizarre kidnapping case involving his estranged wife and two men who died during the alleged abduction. According to The Advocate, 53-year-old Lawrence Michael Handley has pleaded guilty to orchestrating the scheme in 2017, after he initiated divorce proceedings against his wife, Schanda Handley. Lawrence Michael Handley, who made his fortune […]
