Tag: kidnap

[Premiering at 7:30 PM ET] Kidnapped by Child Protective Services: The Shocking Case of Baby Cyrus

[ Subscribers ONLY ]  A case in Idaho around baby Cyrus being taken from his family by Child Protective Services (CPS) is bringing attention to the financial incentives and extralegal powers states have when taking children from their parents. We spoke with the family and a lawyer involved in the state’s seizure of baby Cyrus…


Kidnapped by Child Protective Services: The Shocking Case of Baby Cyrus

[ Subscribers ONLY ]  A case in Idaho around baby Cyrus being taken from his family by Child Protective Services (CPS) is bringing attention to the financial incentives and extralegal powers states have when taking children from their parents. We spoke with the family and a lawyer involved in the state’s seizure of baby Cyrus…


[Premiering 4/22, 7:30 PM ET] Kidnapped by Child Protective Services: The Case of Baby Cyrus

[ Subscribers ONLY ]  A case in Idaho around baby Cyrus being taken from his family by Child Protective Services (CPS) is bringing attention to the financial incentives and extralegal powers states have when taking children from their parents. We spoke with the family and a lawyer involved in the state’s seizure of baby Cyrus…


When Seizing Children From Parents, States Get Money and Extralegal Power: The Case of Baby Cyrus

A case in Idaho around baby Cyrus being taken from his family by Child Protective Services (CPS) is bringing attention to the financial incentives and extralegal powers states have when taking children from their parents. We spoke with the family and a lawyer involved in the state’s seizure of baby Cyrus and found that in…


Two Acquitted in Alleged Governor Kidnapping Case; Fox News Correspondent Reveals Severe Injuries | NTD Evening News

A federal jury on April 8 acquitted two of the four men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. A mistrial was declared for the others. Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall wrote on Twitter that he suffered severe injuries in Ukraine. In now-deleted tweets, Hall said, in part, that he lost…


Rural Nevadan Accused of Kidnapping Now Charged With Murder

RENO, Nev.—A rural Nevada man accused of kidnapping and killing an 18-year-old Fernley woman last month fatally shot Naomi Irion and buried her body in a remote high-desert area, according to a new criminal complaint filed Tuesday. Lyon County District Attorney Stephen Rye filed the amended criminal complaint adding first-degree murder and other crimes to…


Whitmer Kidnap Trial Postponed Amid COVID-19 Exposure

By Robert Snell From The Detroit News A key participant in the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the judge to halt one of the nation’s most important cases of alleged extremism. Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker postponed the trial in…


California Woman Arrested on Suspicion of Faking 2016 Kidnapping That Caught National Attention

By Christian Martinez From Los Angeles Times Sherri Papini, whose alleged kidnapping and reappearance three weeks later made national headlines in 2016, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of lying to the FBI, federal prosecutors said. Federal law enforcement officials allege that the entire incident was a hoax, according to a release from the U.S. attorney’s…


Judge: No FBI Entrapment for 3 in Gov. Whitmer Kidnap Plot

A judge ruled Tuesday that three men charged in a plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer before the 2020 election were not entrapped by the FBI. Joseph Morrison, Pete Musico, and Paul Bellar will face a tentatively scheduled pretrial examination in August and trial in September, Jackson County Circuit Judge Thomas Wilson said…


Quebec Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Kidnapping Young Son, Triggering Amber Alert

MATANE, Que.—A Quebec court judge has signed off on a jointly recommended 10-year sentence for a Quebec man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping his three-year-old son. The man pleaded guilty Wednesday to 14 charges during an appearance at the courthouse in Matane, Que., about 375 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. A spokesperson for the Crown’s…