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A 23-year-old Michigan man has been charged with kidnapping after a missing 12-year-old girl from Iowa was found safe within an hour of an Amber Alert being issued.Police say the girl, from Waterloo, was reported missing on Sunday, prompting authorities to launch a statewide Amber Alert. The case moved quickly after investigators traced the suspect’s…
Four Texas teenagers have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and torturing a former high school classmate over a dispute involving one of the suspects’ girlfriends.Jose Rojas-Alvarado, Oscar Armando Santiago-Martinez, Angel Lemus-Perez, and Carlos Roberto Oliva-Villeda, all 17, face charges of aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon, according to arrest affidavits from the Travis County Sheriff’s…
In a troubling turn of events, authorities now believe they have pinpointed a motive behind the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of journalist Savannah Guthrie, which has entered its seventh week. Investigators remain optimistic that ‘mixed’ DNA retrieved from the crime scene could lead to a breakthrough. As the search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother,…
A 28-year-old man has been charged with 14 offences after police allege he kidnapped three women in separate incidents across Metro Vancouver, Canada over just four days.Indian-origin man Amritpal Singh faces multiple serious charges following incidents reported in Pitt Meadows, Surrey and West Vancouver in January. Police said he faces three charges of kidnapping, three…
Madras High Court has resolved the ‘Bro Code’ title dispute, allowing Ravi Mohan Studios to proceed with their film. A compromise was reached with a liquor manufacturer, ending the legal battle. This clears the path for the movie, directed by Karthik Yogi and starring SJ Suryah, to move towards its release without further obstacles. The…
AI-generated representational image. BERHAMPUR: An 18-year-old youth was arrested in Berhampur on Tuesday for allegedly kidnapping and attempting to rape a 14-year-old girl in Kandhamal district’s forest area.The incident occurred on Sunday when two persons abducted the minor from a village pond and took her to a nearby forest. The accused and his accomplice allegedly…
NEW DELHI: Alleging intimidation, coercion and unprecedented political pressure, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday launched a scathing attack against the Mahayuti over the BMC elections, calling the January 15 civic polls a “strange” contest fought as a matter of political survival by his opponents.Addressing a press conference, Thackeray alleged that the ruling…
MEERUT: A court in Bulandshahr sentenced a 25-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl, and sent his father to three years in prison for kidnapping. The court of additional district judge Manoj Kumar Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 46,000 on the son and Rs 3,000…
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in a New York courtroom for the first time on Monday, where Flores was seen with visible injuries and bandages as her lawyer said she suffered “significant injuries” during what the couple claims was an abduction by US authorities.Both Maduro, 63, and Flores, 69,…
The United States “apprehended” an oil tanker off Venezuela on Saturday, as the Trump administration ramps up pressure. Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem confirmed the seizure in a social media post, saying Department of Defense support had enabled the pre-dawn operation carried out by the Coast Guard. She added that the tanker had last made…
