Tag: kidnapping
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Arrest made in shooting, sexual assault case in Colorado Springs: Police
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police have made an arrest connected to a Monday shooting on the east side of the city, officials said. Hannah Viramontes, 26, faces charges of kidnapping and sexual assault, according to a Tuesday blotter entry. Officers responded to a 1:30 p.m. call about…
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UPDATE: Teen located, Amber alerted canceled
UPDATE: The teen was located and is safe with family, according to Pueblo police. An Amber Alert has been issued for a 13-year-old Hispanic girl who was kidnapped Wednesday evening while inside a stolen truck out of Pueblo. Sandra Mendoza last seen near the 1200 block of South Prairie Aveune in Pueblo at 5:10 p.m.…
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Tri-Lakes area man turns himself in to police after claiming to have killed his wife
A Tri-Lakes area man turned himself in to police on Sept. 1 after calling 911 and claiming to have killed his wife, law enforcement officials said. Stephen Chan, 79, faces first-degree murder and kidnapping charges, according to a news release from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. Just before 7 a.m. on Sunday, EPCSO operators…
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Colorado Springs man turns himself in to police after claiming to have killed his wife
A Colorado Springs man turned himself in to police on Sunday after calling 911 and claiming to have killed his wife, law enforcement officials said. Stephen Chan, 79, faces first-degree murder and kidnapping charges, according to a news release from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. Just before 7 a.m. on Sunday, EPCSO operators received…
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Arrest affidavit of alleged kidnapper in Colorado Springs unveils additional details, motive
The arrest affidavit of one of the suspects responsible for the double kidnapping and assault in Colorado Springs gave an apparent motive and additional details into the violent interaction. According to records obtained by The Gazette on Monday, an officer with the Colorado Springs Police Department received a report of an alleged kidnapping at the…
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At least 200 people, mostly women and children, abducted by extremists in northeastern Nigeria
The United Nations office in Nigeria says at least 200 people, mostly women and children displaced by violence in northeastern Nigeria, were abducted by Islamic extremists while they were searching for firewood near the border with Chad
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Judge sentences 4 defendants in US terrorism and kidnapping case to life in prison, appeals planned
A U.S. judge has handed down life sentences to four family members in a federal terrorism and kidnapping case that stemmed from the search for a toddler who went missing from Georgia in 2017 and later turned up dead at a squalid compound in New Mexico
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New attacks by IS-linked group in Mozambique leave over 70 children missing. Thousands have fled
Aid agencies and local authorities say a surge of new attacks by an Islamic State-affiliated group in northern Mozambique has left more than 70 children missing and caused 100,000 people to flee their homes
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IS militants kill at least 18 people in an attack on villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria
Syria’s activists and pro-government media say Islamic State militants have killed at least 18 people in an attack on villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria
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Colombia extends cease-fire with National Liberation Army as rebels promise to stop kidnappings
Colombia’s government and the nation’s largest remaining guerrilla group have reached a last-minute deal to extend a cease-fire that began last year by six months