Kidnap attempt articles
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Berkshire County man faces 10 charges following kidnapping and attempted murder
A Dalton man is facing a slew of serious charges stemming from an incident that occurred Thursday night.
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David DePape sentenced to 30 years in attempted Nancy Pelosi kidnapping, hammer attack on husband
A federal judge on Friday sentenced David DePape to 30 years in prison, six months after a jury found him guilty of attempting to kidnap former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and using a hammer to bludgeon her husband in a bloody October 2022 assault. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley delivered her decision during a hearing at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, reprimanding DePape at length and saying she believed he continued to pose a danger to the public and "all...
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Investigators: Man claims to be social worker during alleged child kidnapping attempt in Uintah County; 2 women also arrested
UINTAH COUNTY, Utah, May 18, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Three people were booked into the Uintah County jail Wednesday after what investigators say was the attempted kidnapping of a child by a man falsely claiming he was a social worker sent to take the juvenile. Arrested in the case were Ty Lucerno Whetten, 36; Beth […] The post Investigators: Man claims to be social worker during alleged child kidnapping attempt in Uintah County; 2 women also arrested first appeared on Gephardt Daily.