Kidnapping
Pirate guilty in Seattle couple's yacht slaying
NORFOLK, Va. — A Somali man was convicted of piracy on Friday for his role as a hostage negotiator in the hijacking of a German merchant vessel and U.S. yacht. The four Americans aboard the yacht were shot to death by pirates, and the crew on the other vessel was tortured to get a higher...
Date: 04/27/2012 | Nation & World
Terrace police investigate attempted kidnapping
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE -- Police in Mountlake Terrace are investigating a report that three men attempted to kidnap a woman early Thursday morning.The Lynnwood woman, 23, called 911 about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. She told police that she was walking home in the 4600 block of 212th St SW.
Date: 04/14/2012 | Local News
Important terror leaders killed in Philippines airstrike
MANILA, Philippines — The remains of a top leader of the regional Jemaah Islamiyah terror network have not been found, the Philippine military said Friday, a day after announcing that he had been killed in a U.S.-backed airstrike.
Date: 02/02/2012 | Nation & World
Convicted sex offender arrested after Arlington girl, 12, tells of assault
EVERETT -- A convicted sex offender living in an Arlington halfway house has been arrested for allegedly trying to pull a 12-year-old girl into the woods."This is every parent's nightmare," Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Walt Sowa told a judge at a Tuesday bail hearing.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Local News
Bail set for Lake Stevens man who allegedly choked woman, struck man with SUV
EVERETT -- Bail was set at $500,000 Monday for a Lake Stevens man accused of choking his former girlfriend Friday before allegedly using his SUV to crush her new boyfriend.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Local News
3 accused of kidnapping woman in Pasco
PASCO -- Three people are held in the Franklin County jail, accused of kidnapping a woman in Pasco over a stolen cell phone.
Date: 10/20/2011 | Northwest
Three charged in Pennsylvania after four disabled adults found chained in basement
PHILADELPHIA -- Three people have been charged following the discovery of four malnourished mentally disabled adults chained to a boiler in a locked northeast Philadelphia basement room that was too small for an adult to stand up straight and also reeked of waste from the buckets they used to...
Date: 10/16/2011 | Nation & World
Police: N.M. kidnapper thwarted by alert neighbor
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The pair of 911 calls came in quick succession from a New Mexico mobile home park. On one, a frantic 12-year-old says her little sister is missing. On the other is the wife of the man who would be credited with saving the 6-year-old from every parent's nightmare.
Date: 08/16/2011 | Nation & World
Australian man arrested in Kentucky in fake bomb case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A 50-year-old man was captured Monday while staying with his ex-wife in Kentucky and charged with breaking into an Australian family's home and chaining a fake bomb to a teenage woman's neck, the FBI said.
Date: 08/15/2011 | Nation & World
Appeals court orders review in death penalty case of Idaho serial killer Joseph Edward Duncan
BOISE, Idaho -- The life of a man convicted of kidnapping, torture and murder might be spared after an appeals court has ruled that Joseph Edward Duncan III should have been given a competency hearing before he was allowed to waive his appeal.
Date: 07/11/2011 | Nation & World
Oregon teen narrowly escapes abduction at knifepoint
LINCOLN CITY, Ore. -- Police in a popular tourist hamlet on the Oregon coast are looking for a man who allegedly abducted an 18-year-old woman at knifepoint from the parking garage at an outlet mall before driving her to a secluded road, where she escaped.
Date: 07/05/2011 | Northwest
Seattle judge shortens child molesting sentence
SEATTLE -- A man who was convicted of kidnapping and molesting a 6-year-old boy in 2001 in Kirkland had his 30-year sentence reduced to 21 years.A King County Superior Court judge handed the new sentence to Michael Dunn on Friday, following guidelines from an appeals court ruling.
Date: 06/03/2011 | Northwest
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