A California man is facing kidnapping charges after he allegedly drove off with a 17-year-old girl who reportedly tried to expose him for soliciting minors for sex online. KNSD reports that the 17-year-old and her friends arrived at a shopping center on Sunday afternoon as part of an amateur sting operation targeting Robert Dreyfus, 32. …
A doorbell camera at a California home reportedly caught the tense moments when a man dragged and beat his ex-girlfriend as she screamed for help. KCAL reported that the incident occurred in Arcadia just before midnight on Sunday. In the video, a woman is seen running to a door and knocking on it before her …
A 12-year-old Florida boy who jumped out of a pickup truck on Wednesday was spotted by witnesses who not only rescued him but apprehended his alleged abductor. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that the victim was walking home from school when he got into Timothy Miller’s truck. Shortly after that, Miller allegedly asked the boy …
Actor Tom Cruise was allegedly aware of misdeeds going on in the Church of Scientology as the church and its leader, David Miscavige, face allegations of stalking, human trafficking, and kidnapping in a recently filed lawsuit. Us Weekly reported that an anonymous woman sued Miscavige and the Church of Scientology on June 18, alleging kidnapping, …
Police in Minnesota have arrested a second suspect in the abduction and attempted murder of a woman who an Uber driver reportedly found shot on a dark road last week. The Star Tribune reported that Luis Alfredo Cortez Mendoza, 23, was criminally charged Monday in Washington County for shooting a 39-year-old woman who was hospitalized …
An Oklahoma man who kidnapped his preadolescent stepdaughter, repeatedly raped and abused her, and fathered nine of her children in the 19 years he held her captive was convicted in federal court last week. A statement issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Henri Michelle Piette, 63, was …
A California woman was recently arrested for allegedly masquerading as a social worker in an attempt to kidnap a 1-week-old baby from their mother on Friday. Though police haven’t publicly identified the 38-year-old suspect in custody, they alleged she approached the mother at her Santa Ana home and claimed she was a social worker named …
Authorities in Texas have issued an AMBER Alert for a 2-year-old girl who they said could be in grave and immediate danger after being abducted from her mother’s apartment. Ariel Smith reportedly vanished from Henderson on Tuesday. Local police have identified her father, LaMarcus Smith, 41, as a suspect in the apparent abduction. According to …
A Georgia man who sexually abused a North Carolina girl and held her captive for more than a year will not spend a day in prison. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Michael Wysolovski, 33, was sentenced to 10 years, with eight months of that time to be spent in jail and the remainder to be spent …
A 15-year-old Louisiana girl is home safe after leaving with a man 30 years her senior earlier in March. The pair traveled to Pagosa Springs, Colorado, where authorities found them after reported tips. According to Port Barre Police Chief Deon Bordeaux, the teen was found safe and unharmed on April 5. Police arrested 47-year-old Cory “Shane” Disotell, …
Authorities in Arizona are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect who reportedly attempted to kidnap an 11-year-old girl last week but was stopped by a Good Samaritan with a gun. KSAZ reported that the incident occurred near 19th Avenue and Bell Road in Phoenix. Police said girl was walking to Village Meadows …
A would-be alleged kidnapper was jailed in West Virginia this week for reportedly attempting to snatch a 5-year-old girl from her mother at a mall. According to MetroNews, the incident involving Mohamed Fathy Hussein Zayan, 54, and the mother and daughter occurred Monday evening at Huntington Mall in Barboursville. The mother called police and claimed she and her child were in an Old Navy …
