Kidnapping

Man accused of kidnapping Heidi Todd and beating her mother didn’t know them; randomly targeted unknown family: Prosecutor

 Man accused of kidnapping Heidi Todd and beating her mother didn’t know them; randomly targeted unknown family: Prosecutor
Kidnapping

A South Carolina prosecutor announced on Friday that a man accused of abducting a little girl after brutally beating her mother, targeted the family at random. The Post and Courier reports that Charleston’s 9th Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson stated that suspect Thomas Lawton Evans kidnapped 4-year-old Heidi Todd on Tuesday after attacking her mother, Brittany Todd, did not …

Woman admits to kidnapping girl as a newborn and raising her for 18 years
Kidnapping
February 12, 2018

Woman admits to kidnapping girl as a newborn and raising her for 18 years

Gloria Williams pleaded guilty Monday morning in a Jacksonville, Florida, court to charges related to stealing a newborn baby girl nearly two decades earlier and raising the child as her own. Williams, 52, agreed to plead guilty to kidnapping and interference. In exchange, she faces no more than 22 years on the kidnapping charge and no …

HIV-positive man accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting young boy; second suspect still on the run
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February 2, 2018

HIV-positive man accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting young boy; second suspect still on the run

Police in Brookhaven, Georgia, are looking for a man who–along with a man who’s HIV-positive–allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy. According to WGCL, Kelvin Armstrong, 38, and Kevin Walker, 46, (pictured left and right) are accused of snatching the victim and dragging him into a nearby apartment Monday afternoon. Police said the men held …

WATCH: Chilling video shows man snatching little girl off street in broad daylight
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January 29, 2018

WATCH: Chilling video shows man snatching little girl off street in broad daylight

The FBI released surveillance footage Friday that appears to show a man abducting a little girl in broad daylight from a Chicago suburb. According to a statement from the agency, Bryan Protho, 38, allegedly snatched the child on December 20 as she walked toward 153rd Street and Burnham Avenue in Calumet City, Illinois, and loaded …

Teens steal SUV with two young girls inside, dump kids on busy road in freezing temps: Cops
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January 19, 2018

Teens steal SUV with two young girls inside, dump kids on busy road in freezing temps: Cops

Authorities in Georgia say a stolen vehicle led to additional charges for a pair of teens when they discovered two children inside the SUV they took from a gas station earlier this week. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 17-year-old Khyree Swift and an unnamed 16-year-old suspect participated in a crime during which the two small …

Gunman takes young boy hostage, uses him as ‘human shield’ during 30-hour standoff: Police
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January 14, 2018

Gunman takes young boy hostage, uses him as ‘human shield’ during 30-hour standoff: Police

Authorities in Ohio have arrested a man accused of taking a 10-year-old boy hostage during an armed standoff with police that lasted more than an entire day. According to WXIX, the incident was finally resolved Sunday morning, when 31-year-old Donald Tobias Gazaway was arrested, though local officials admitted responding officers were unsure a peaceful resolution …

Fox cancels Patricia Hearst biopic after she slams project as victim blaming and an attempt to “rewrite histroy”
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January 12, 2018

Fox cancels Patricia Hearst biopic after she slams project as victim blaming and an attempt to “rewrite histroy”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Twentieth Century Fox Film says it is canceling the studio’s planned movie based on Jeffrey Toobin’s Patricia Hearst book “American Heiress.” Toobin’s non-fiction book chronicled the saga of Hearst’s kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974 and her eventual bank robbery conviction with the radical group. The studio announced the …