Articles Tagged with kidnap

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A man in Northeastern Colorado was jailed after he was accused of making two attempts to abduct an 8-year-old girl who was shopping with her grandmother at a grocery store.

On the morning of June 21, a woman and her young granddaughter were shopping together in a Safeway grocery store in Littleton. According to reports, their visit to the market took a frightening turn while they were picking out produce. A man reportedly walked up to them and asked the grandma if she would let him “borrow” her 8-year-old granddaughter. With his hands on the girl’s shoulders, he allegedly tried to force the child to walk away with him. The woman began to scream, and the youngster went back to her grandmother as the man ran out of the store.

Employees became aware of the alleged attempted kidnapping. The same man allegedly came back a few moments later, and when he approached the woman and her granddaughter a second time, the workers ran after him and made him leave. The authorities were notified, and deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office headed to the location to investigate. According to reports, when they talked to the youngster’s grandmother, she told them what happened and added that she had never seen or had any prior contact with the man.

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Three people were arrested after a Maryland man was found running down the middle of the street after escaping from three individuals who he accused of holding him captive for almost 24 hours and attacking him.

According to reports, on the morning of March 9, a man whose identity has not been released was going to meet his girlfriend’s brother. They planned to work together on repairing his vehicle. While he was en route, three individuals, later identified as two men and a woman from Darlington, reportedly intercepted him and violently attacked the man before abducting him. After the alleged ambush, the trio reportedly left the man gagged and tied up in a garage for nearly 24 hours.

The following morning, the alleged captors went out, and the man saw it as an opportunity to try to get away. He was ultimately successful, but he was unable to take the gag out of his mouth and untie his hands from behind his back. He was spotted running down the middle of the street, and the authorities were notified.

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The parents of a 17-year-old allegedly attacked and tried to kidnap her when she refused their plans for her to leave the country and take part in an arranged marriage.

On the afternoon of October 18, a teenage girl and her 16-year-old boyfriend were at the bus stop outside Timberline High School in Lacey, Washington, when the girl’s parents pulled up and began arguing with her. According to reports, things escalated, and her father allegedly began choking her. When her boyfriend tried to get involved, the man reportedly punched him. People in the area noticed the incident and intervened, and the teens ran from the scene.

The authorities were notified, and the 17-year-old girl told the police that her parents arranged to send her to another country to marry an older man. She reported that her father said she would be murdered in an “honor killing” if she did not comply.

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The long-distance boyfriend of a woman in Texas reportedly stabbed her with a pair of scissors and forced her to write a suicide note before allegedly attempting to take her to Mexico against her will.

On March 29, a 21-year-old man who had been engaging in a long-distance relationship with a woman from College Station for over a year allegedly went to her residence without an invitation. The woman allowed him to come inside, and while he was there, he allegedly stabbed a pair of scissors into her neck. What was assumed to be a suicide note was reportedly left in her apartment, and the man allegedly made her leave with him in his vehicle. He reportedly planned to take her to Mexico.

According to reports, the alleged victim sent text messages to her father and told him she needed him to call the police. The authorities were notified, and the College Station Police Department began to investigate the situation. They used the woman’s cell phone signal to get a location, and officers found the pair at a local CVS store.

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An alleged kidnapper with several weapons in their vehicle grabbed a screaming woman and led the police on a miles-long chase when they tried to rescue her from potential harm. 

On the morning of November 7, a 29-year-old Texas man allegedly had an interaction with a woman in Amarillo. She was screaming, and the man allegedly forced her into a silver Hyundai. 

The Amarillo Police Department was notified about the situation, and they went to the area where the incident was taking place. 

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A man was arrested after allegedly kidnapping a child by using a cat to lure her out of her home in the middle of the night. 

Around 11:00 pm on August 20, the parents of a 3-year-old girl turned in for the night while their upstairs neighbors were having a gathering. 

When they woke up at approximately 5:30 am, the couple noticed that their front door was open and their daughter was not inside the home. They thought that the child may have gone upstairs after they fell asleep. 

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A man was arrested after he allegedly drove up to several different young women and asked for directions in a purported attempt to kidnap them. 

According to reports, last week, a man was driving around in the Houston residential areas of Pasadena and Deer Park. 

On at least three separate occasions, the man reportedly saw young girls walking by themselves and pulled over to ask them for directions. 

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The authorities believe they located a man who tried to kidnap a young girl from a bus stop when they matched blue slime on his arm to the squishy toy the girl was playing with at the time of the attempted abduction.

A few weeks ago, an 11-year-old girl was sitting at her bus stop in Pensacola waiting for the school bus to arrive when a man reportedly began to interact with her. The girl reportedly felt uncomfortable about the situation, and she alerted her school about it.

Around 7:00 am last Tuesday, the girl was waiting alone for the bus when the same man allegedly showed up at the stop.

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A San Diego man has been accused of attempting to kidnap the young daughter of a blind man after he encountered them on a light rail train.

On August 18, a blind man and his 6-year-old daughter were riding the Blue Line together from Long Beach back to their residence in the Westlake area of Los Angeles.

As the dad and his child were sitting together on the train, a man reportedly began conversing with him and made comments about his child. The father reported that the stranger was acting in a manner that was overly friendly for what he deemed was appropriate for the interaction.

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A man allegedly walked into the home of a family he didn’t know and threw their 7-year-old out of the house and down the steps as he reportedly tried to kidnap their children.

Near 7:00 am on June 22, a family learned that they had left their front door unlocked when an unknown man reportedly walked in and went to their 7-year-old daughter’s bedroom where she was asleep in her bed.

The suspect reportedly tried to tell the child to get up and follow him, but she remained in her bed and would not do as he asked.

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