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Hudson Man Kidnaps, Sexually Abuses Mentally Impaired Woman, Shoves Her From Car: Authorities Hudson Man Kidnaps, Sexually Abuses Mentally Impaired Woman, Shoves Her From Car: Authorities
Hudson Man Kidnaps, Sexually Abuses Mentally Impaired Woman, Shoves Her From Car: Authorities A Kearny man kidnapped a mentally incapacitated Paterson woman he’d met online, had sex with her in his car, a nearby park and his apartment, then shoved her out of the vehicle when he realized her family was following him, authorities charged. A four-month manhunt ended when Horus G. Nunez-Velazquez, 35, was captured in Pennsylvania, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim M. Baycora said in a joint announcement on Friday. Nunez-Velazquez “met the (32-year-old) woman online, picked her up from her residence and took her to a nearby park and subsequentl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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New Details Emerge, Reward Offered For Information On Armed Kidnapping In DC New Details Emerge, Reward Offered For Information On Armed Kidnapping In DC
New Details Emerge, Reward Offered For Information On Armed Kidnapping In DC New details have emerged in connection to an armed kidnapping allegedly involving a DC man late last month, authorities say. The suspect, who has been identified as Marquez Parker, 44, allegedly forced a woman into a vehicle at gunpoint around 3:40 a.m., Wednesday, July 27, according to Metropolitan police. Parker allegedly struck the woman with the firearm before forcing her into the vehicle.  Surveillance footage has been released showing Parker in hopes to locate him. The vehicle in question has since been recovered and the victim was located. Police believe that this incident wa…

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by Annie DeVoe
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DC Gang Member Admits To Kidnapping Conspiracy That Led To Death Of 19-Year-Old DC Gang Member Admits To Kidnapping Conspiracy That Led To Death Of 19-Year-Old
DC Gang Member Admits To Kidnapping Conspiracy That Led To Death Of 19-Year-Old A 23-year-old D.C. resident and street gang member pleaded guilty to a first degree murder charge, officials said. In 2019, Jordan Moreno, "Joker", and two other members of the "Tiny Locos Surenos" group in the 18th Street gang, kidnapped a woman who they believed was associating with another gang, MS-13, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Moreno and the co-conspirators lured the victim to a wooded area in Maryland, where Moreno shot and killed her, authorities reported. Moreno pleaded guilty to federal kidnapping charges related to the death of the 19-year-old woman after plead…

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by AJ Goldbloom
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Fourth Man Sentenced For Movie-Like Kidnapping, Robbery Scheme At Maryland Casino, DC Apartment Fourth Man Sentenced For Movie-Like Kidnapping, Robbery Scheme At Maryland Casino, DC Apartment
Fourth Man Sentenced For Movie-Like Kidnapping, Robbery Scheme At Maryland Casino, DC Apartment The fourth of five suspects implicated in an elaborate kidnapping and robbery scheme that started at a Maryland hotel has been sentenced to federal prison time, authorities announced. Washington, DC resident Anthony Erik Hebron - also known as “Pain,” 29, has been sentenced to 14 years behind bars, followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit kidnapping. As part of his guilty plea in February 2021, Hebron and co-conspirators Darius “Mup” Young, 30, Christopher Young, 27, Lance Perkins, 28, and Tray Sherman, age 27, all of DC, admitted to working on a scheme to kidn…

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by Zak Failla
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Suspect Wanted In Connection To Unarmed Kidnapping, Stolen Vehicle in DC Suspect Wanted In Connection To Unarmed Kidnapping, Stolen Vehicle in DC
Suspect Wanted In Connection To Unarmed Kidnapping, Stolen Vehicle in DC Police are seeking a man who drove a vehicle that did not belong to him with an unknown juvenile inside, D.C. Police said. At around 6:30 p.m. August 4, the suspect stole a car from the Unit Block of Thomas Circle and subsequently, kidnapped a young girl who had been inside the vehicle, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Police said they located the juvenile, who was unharmed, a short time later and the vehicle was also recovered. Anyone with information about this incident should contact police at 202-727-9099.

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by AJ Goldbloom
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Manassas Man Arrested For Luring, Sexually Assaulting 14-Year-Old: Police Manassas Man Arrested For Luring, Sexually Assaulting 14-Year-Old: Police
Manassas Man Arrested For Luring, Sexually Assaulting 14-Year-Old: Police Police arrested a Prince William County man for soliciting an inappropriate picture and later sexually assaulting a minor, officials said. Zaqueo Lopez Colop was arrested on July 29 for asking a 14-year-old girl for an inappropriate picture and luring her to his home to sexually assault her, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Police said the victim accused Colop of the incidents between April 1 and May 31.  He was charged with rape, aggravated sexual battery, production of child pornography, and abduction, authorities said. Colop had a pending court date a…

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by AJ Goldbloom
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Former NJ Resident Convicted Of Kidnapping Son Former NJ Resident Convicted Of Kidnapping Son
Former NJ Resident Convicted Of Kidnapping Son A former New Jersey resident faces federal prison time after being convicted of kidnapping his son and failing to return him from India. Amitkumar Kanubhai Patel, 38, a naturalized U.S. citizen who previously lived in Edison, fled with the child in July 2017 before settling in Vadodara, federal authorities said. He was captured in England three years later. Patel had lived with the child’s mother from August 2015 through July 2017. Their son was born in November 2016. According to her, Patel wanted to take the boy to India to introduce him to his parents and obtain DNA testing that he sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fugitive Dubbed 'Real-Life Tony Soprano' Couldn't Hide From The Law, Even In Death Fugitive Dubbed 'Real-Life Tony Soprano' Couldn't Hide From The Law, Even In Death
Fugitive Dubbed 'Real-Life Tony Soprano' Couldn't Hide From The Law, Even In Death He was considered one of the last of the old-time mobsters, a "real-life Tony Soprano" listed as one of New Jersey's most wanted fugitives. Even six feet under, though, Tony Mota couldn't evade his pursuers. After eluding capture for nearly 25 years for a gruesome murder committed in Hudson County, Anthony Mota was found buried in the country where he was born, the Dominican Republic. Mota had been collecting debts for high-level Colombian drug dealers in New York City when he and a group of accomplices abducted a Queens man on Dec. 13, 1997, authorities said. The victim, 38-year-old …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Maryland Man Released 4X Once For Fatal Pursuit-Crash Finally Held For Kidnapping, Robbery: PD Maryland Man Released 4X Once For Fatal Pursuit-Crash Finally Held For Kidnapping, Robbery: PD
Maryland Man Released 4X Once For Fatal Pursuit-Crash Finally Held For Kidnapping, Robbery: PD A 22-year-old Maryland man arrested four times since March was released each time, only to commit similar crimes again and again, according to authorities, court documents and news reports. Lorenzo Day, of Upper Marlboro, was being held without bond for his latest crime alongside Washington DC's David Zanders, 20: An armed robbery and kidnapping in Suitland, Prince George's County police said. The two were being held without bond for the June 30 incident in the armed robbery of a locksmith. Day is linked to several other incidents dating back to March 19. Each time, he was released:  …

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by Cecilia Levine
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MS-13 Members Found Guilty In Brutal Murders Of 2 Teens In Falls Church: DOJ MS-13 Members Found Guilty In Brutal Murders Of 2 Teens In Falls Church: DOJ
MS-13 Members Found Guilty In Brutal Murders Of 2 Teens In Falls Church: DOJ Five members of the violent international gang MS-13 were convicted of kidnapping and murdering two Fairfax County teenagers in 2016, prosecutors said. The boys were found in shallow graves at a Falls Church park seven months after they disappeared. An Alexandria jury last week found the men guilty of killing 17-year-old Edvin Escobar Mendez and 14-year-old Sergio Anthony Arita Triminio, the Department of Justice said. The convicted killers now face life sentences in federal prison.  MS-13 members killed Mendez in August 2016 because they believed he was a spy for the rival 1…

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by Josh Lanier
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Kidnapped Fairfax County 3-Year-Old Found Safe in West Virginia: Police Kidnapped Fairfax County 3-Year-Old Found Safe in West Virginia: Police
Kidnapped Fairfax County 3-Year-Old Found Safe in West Virginia: Police Fairfax County police said that the 3-year-old girl who was kidnapped Tuesday, June 14, has been found safe and her alleged abductor is in custody.  Authorities issued a statewide AMBER alert after Catherine Agnes Kraus took Amelia Marianna Kraus around 4:30 p.m. from the Tauxemont Road area in Alexandria, the alert said.  Police issued an update on Wednesday morning that police located them in West Virginia, and they had arrested Catherine Agnes Kraus. Charges are pending, according to the update.  UPDATE: Amelia has been found in West Virginia and is safe. Catherine Kraus is in custo…

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by Josh Lanier
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Ex-BF Gets Plea-Bargained 30 Years For Killing NJ Mom, Abducting Son Ex-BF Gets Plea-Bargained 30 Years For Killing NJ Mom, Abducting Son
Ex-BF Gets Plea-Bargained 30 Years For Killing NJ Mom, Abducting Son UPDATE: A New Jersey man who admitted killing his former girlfriend, kidnapping their young son and fleeing to Tennessee last summer was sentenced to a plea-bargained 30 years in state prison, authorities said. Tyler Rios, 28, must serve 25½ years before he’ll be eligible for parole under the deal brokered with the Union County Prosecutor’s Office for killing 24-year-old Yasemin Uyar, taking his son with him as he drove her body to Tennessee in the trunk of her car and dumping the corpse in a field there on July 8, 2021. That means he’d still be in his early 50s when he’s eventually releas…

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by Jerry DeMarco