Posts Tagged ‘kidnapping’
16-year-old abducted and forced into car while walking with mother (video)
Black women are being targeted by kidnappers across the country at an alarming rate. The latest victim, a 16-year-old New York resident, was walking beside her mother at approximately 11:20 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, in the Bronx, according to The New York Times. There is no known motive for the kidnapping. Investigators released…
Read MoreMan suspected of kidnapping 19-year-old Black student arrested in Florida
On Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, police issued an arrest warrant for a man in connection with the disappearance of 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard, a college student at Southern Union College in Alabama. On Friday morning, Nov. 8, that suspect, Ibraheem Yazeed, was captured approximately three miles from the Alabama border in Pensacola, Florida. According to various…
Read MoreMaleah Davis abduction: Police find missing car and judge issues shocking order
There has been a dramatic development in the case of a missing child allegedly abducted this week in Houston. The nation has been on edge since Maleah Davis, 5, was reported kidnapped by her stepfather Darion Vence. Vence claimed that not only was Maleah abducted by three Hispanic men but also that he was assaulted…
Read MorePolice focus on stepdad in search for medically fragile Maleah Davis
A stepdad’s story seems to be falling apart regarding the alleged kidnapping of his stepchild near Houston. Darion Vence told police that his medically fragile stepdaughter Maleah Davis, 5, was abducted by three Hispanic men while he was stopped on the side of the road. He claimed that during the abduction he was knocked unconscious…
Read MoreMan says he was knocked unconscious, medically fragile stepdaughter abducted
Law enforcement officials in Texas have issued an Amber Alert after the alleged abduction of a Black child near Houston. Police are searching for Maleah Davis, 5, whose stepfather says she was forcefully taken from him when he stopped his car on the side of the road. According to Sgt. Mark Holbrook of the Houston…
Read MoreMan arrested for kidnapping, then raping and beating runaway teen for a year
A teen runaway who was held captive, repeatedly raped and brutally beaten for a year is finally safe. Police in Marion County, West Virginia, have arrested Brian Merchant-Jones, 20, after a sheriff’s investigation revealed the horror of his alleged crimes against the young female victim. According to Marion County Sheriff’s Department, the victim was reported as…
Read MoreKidnapped at birth, Kamiyah Mobley returns to captor’s home
Shanara Mobley and Craig Awere were teens when their daughter Kamiyah Mobley was born. Only a couple of hours after her birth, Kamiyah was kidnapped from the Florida hospital where she was born. Kidnapper Gloria Williams was able to avoid suspicion because she was pregnant just a month before she snatched Kamiyah from Mobley’s arms. What people…
Read MoreO.J. Simpson set for prison release soon
After surviving nearly a decade in prison, former NFL star OJ Simpson could be released from prison this year. Simpson was jailed for his role in a 2008 robbery of sports memorabilia at a hotel-casino in Las Vegas. There were two sports memorabilia dealers Simpson claimed were illegally selling stolen property that belonged to him.…
Read MoreKidnapped NC girl rescued by DC police from alleged killer uncle
The search for a missing North Carolina girl after a double murder and kidnapping is now over. Police announced the rescue of Arieyana Simone Forney, 11, who was kidnapped by her uncle, Curtis Atkinson Jr., 36, this past Sunday. Arieyana was the subject of a nationwide Amber Alert on Sunday, after her grandparents, Ruby Atkinson,…
Read MoreVictim opens up about 40 hours of torture by gang
In December 2015, Nicholas Kollias and fellow senior Ani Okeke Ewo, both University of Rochester football players, were kidnapped near the New York campus. The two friends were the victims of a case of mistaken identity. A few days before the pair was kidnapped, a drug deal went bad near the apartment that one of…
Read MoreMom of ‘Love & Hip Hop Atlanta’ alum feared kidnapped, found
Police in Dekalb County, Georgia, are on the lookout for Kimberly Moore, 54, the mom of Chavanta “Che” Mack. Mack appeared in season two of the reality series Love & Hip Hop Atlanta. Dekalb County police responded to her home and found it ransacked with the front and back doors kicked in. Mack had just given birth…
Read MoreChicago teens stream kidnapping and torture on Facebook Live
Four people are now in custody for an alleged kidnapping that was broadcast on Facebook Live. The brazen act took place on Tuesday, Jan. 3 in the 3400 block of West Lexington on the West Side of Chicago. The victim of the assault was tied up, beaten, his clothes were cut, and his hair was…
Read MoreTeen injected with meth, raped by adults
Two men and a woman have been arrested on felony charges for the imprisonment and rape of a teen female victim in Lincoln County, Missouri. Christopher Bove, Erika Oppeau and William Hope allegedly repeatedly injected her with methamphetamine and took turns having sex with the girl, who was from Florida and visiting with a family friend. Oppeau also…
Read MoreIndictments issued for gang who kidnapped, assaulted college football players
Last month, two University of Rochester football players were kidnapped near the New York campus. The two friends were the victims of a case of mistaken identity. A few days before they the pair was kidnapped, a drug deal went bad near the apartment that one of them rented. And even though he had nothing to do…
Read MoreAtlanta area man makes woman call boyfriend while he rapes her
A woman in the metro Atlanta area was abducted from her home in an attempted rape. The assailant identified as Robert Giles, 27, made the woman drive to the adult sex shop Starship Novelties and Gifts, and told her to call her boyfriend so he can hear her being raped in the parking lot. Instead,…
Read MoreYoung actress Angel Winfield talks breakout role in film ‘Jimmy: Did You Get One?’
Jimmy: Did You Get One? is an amazing independent thriller with a fresh story and a talented cast. The film, created by newcomer Jerry May, premiered at the Landmark Theatres Midtown Art Cinema on Thursday to a great response. The Georgia-based movie follows Jimmy, a man who had been brainwashed by his ruthless grandmother for…
Read MoreDaycare worker convicted of kidnapping, raping 5-year-old girl
A former daycare worker in Philadelphia was found guilty of impersonating a woman, kidnapping her daughter and raping the child. According to reports by WLS-TV, Christina Regusters, 21, went through extreme measures to kidnap and abuse a 5-year-old child. Regusters wore a Muslim veil to impersonate that child’s mother and picked her up from Bryant…
Read More60 more girls and 31 boys kidnapped in Nigeria as people forget about ‘Bring Back Our Girls’
The children of Nigeria are not being protected. According to The New York Times, at least 60 more girls and 31 boys were kidnapped this past weekend by the Boko Haram militant group. The kidnapping occurred in the village of Kummabza. During the kidnapping, 30 people were killed. Earlier this month, 20 girls were kidnapped…
Read MoreTyrese hosts ‘For Our Girls of Nigeria’ benefit concert in LA
Tyrese hosted ‘For Our Girls of Nigeria’ benefit concert in Los Angeles, and brought out Ludacris, Terrence J, Vin Deisel, Stevie Wonder and many more. The concert was sponsored to bring awareness to human trafficking and kidnapping, the #BringBackOurGirls movement and the safe return of the abducted Nigerian schoolgirls. “URGENT!! Will Smith and Vin Diesel…
Read MoreBody of Khalil Tatum, kidnapper of Relisha Rudd, found
Washington, D.C. police announced that they have found the body of Khalil Tatum with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. However, the whereabouts of Relisha Rudd, the missing eight-year-old girl he kidnapped, is still unknown. After an exhaustive search of Kenilworth Park and Aquatic, police Chief Cathy Lanier stated, “Let’s just say that we’re…
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