CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Four people convicted in the slaying of a Waynesboro reserve police officer are set to be sentenced. Shantai Shelton, Mersadies Shelton, Daniel Mathis and Kweli Uhuru were found guilty by a Roanoke jury in February of murder and kidnapping in the death of 45-year-old Waynesboro Reserve Police Capt. Kevin Quick. They’re … Continue reading
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Woman admits to role in kidnapping of 2 college students
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A New York woman has admitted to her role in the kidnapping and torture of two college students. As part of an agreement with prosecutors, Leah Gigliotti pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of second-degree kidnapping and was sentenced to 13 years behind bars. Gigliotti is one of nine people charged … Continue reading
Authorities seeking student remains find ‘items of interest’
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — Items found by authorities digging for the remains of a California college student who vanished 20 years ago are being examined to see whether they’re related to her disappearance, it was announced Thursday. Investigators aren’t revealing what they found this week at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, … Continue reading
Police: Woman kidnapped by husband found dead, he’s wounded
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A woman who was kidnapped at gunpoint by her husband while he was under home confinement on charges he beat and abducted her two months earlier was found dead inside a barn, and he was hospitalized with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, state police said Wednesday. Police found the couple Tuesday night after … Continue reading
Mexican soccer player beats up kidnapper to free himself
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Caught in a real-life win-or-lose challenge, soccer forward Alan Pulido overpowered a kidnapper, freed himself and then called police for help — a dramatic tale that shows how tough the professional player is, or how incompetent his abductors were. One thing the story does show is how dangerous Pulido’s home … Continue reading
Prosecutor: Girl texted with college man before stabbing
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Two Virginia Tech students carefully planned the kidnapping and killing of a 13-year-old girl, arranging a pre-dawn rendezvous online after buying cleaning supplies and a shovel at separate Wal-Mart stores, a prosecutor alleged Thursday. Montgomery County Commonwealth’s Attorney Mary Pettitt described how authorities believe David Eisenhauer and Natalie Keepers … Continue reading
Police: Slain 13-year-old not shot; Va Tech students held
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Two Virginia Tech students appeared in court Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, in the death of a 13-year-old girl who apparently climbed out her bedroom window, but the events that led to her killing remained a mystery. David Eisenhauer, 18, has been charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder in the death of … Continue reading
5 kidnapped Poles are ‘safe and sound,’ contacted families
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The captain and four other Polish seamen abducted from a ship off Nigeria’s coast last week are fine and called their families at home, Poland’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday. “Today the abducted seamen contacted their families in Poland by phone to tell them that they are safe and sound,” the ministry … Continue reading
Ex-CIA agent convicted in Italy has asked for a pardon
MILAN (AP) — The Italian lawyer of a former CIA operative convicted in the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan as part of the U.S. extraordinary renditions program has requested a pardon from Italy. Sabrina De Sousa’s Italian lawyer, Dario Bolognesi, told The Associated Press that De Sousa requested a pardon last year and … Continue reading
Conflicts, guns and misery foster Philippine kidnappings
MANILA, Philippines (AP) The recent abductions of three Westerners and a Filipino woman from a southern Philippine resort are the latest reminder of the long-running security problems that have hounded a region with bountiful resources and promises, but hamstrung by stark poverty and an array of insurgents and outlaws. While authorities have not identified … Continue reading
Rapper Rick Ross arrested on kidnapping, assault charges
ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Rick Ross is accused of forcing a man into a guesthouse at his suburban-Atlanta mansion and beating him in the head with a handgun, chipping his teeth and mangling his jaw so badly that he’s unable to chew food, authorities say in court records. Ross was taken into custody Wednesday by … Continue reading
Cops: Man shoots Census Bureau guard, leads police on chase
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man kidnapped a woman, fatally shot a Census Bureau guard and led police on a car chase through Maryland and Washington, before authorities cornered him in an exchange of gunfire that left the suspect and a police officer wounded, authorities said. The guard, identified as Lawrence Buckner, died at Prince George’s … Continue reading
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