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Officers, inmates testify in Tennessee prison escape hearing
RIPLEY, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee inmate charged with killing a corrections administrator and escaping prison was seen riding a tractor by guards and a fellow prisoner before a search for him began, according to testimony presented Wednesday during a court hearing. Curtis Ray Watson appeared before a judge...
Judge orders DNA testing in Alabama teen’s disappearance
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — A judge ordered DNA testing Wednesday for a man suspected in the kidnapping of an Alabama college student missing since last month. Lee County District Judge Russell Bush granted a prosecution request to force Ibraheem Yazeed to submit DNA, which prosecutors said they wanted because...
Suspect’s DNA sought in case of UFC fighter’s stepdaughter
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Investigators are seeking a DNA sample from a man charged in the kidnapping of a missing college student who’s the stepdaughter of UFC heavyweight Walt Harris. Prosecutors on Tuesday filed a motion seeking permission to take a DNA sample from Ibraheem Yazeed. A judge said he will...
The Latest: Pompeo calls prisoner exchange a ‘hopeful sign”
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Latest on the Afghanistan prisoner swap with the Taliban for American and Australian hostage held by insurgents since 2016 (all times local): 10:05 p.m. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the prisoner exchange that freed an American and an Australian as well as a promise by...
Media fighting gag order in case of missing Alabama student
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Media companies are asking a judge to lift a gag order in the kidnapping case against a man charged in the disappearance of a missing Alabama college student. Ten companies and organizations representing multiple news outlets filed the request Monday in the case of 29-year-old Ibraheem...
Suspect, kidnapping victim found in crashed car in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The suspect in a St. Louis kidnapping, and the alleged victim, are both being treated for injuries after the car they were in crashed. KMOV-TV reports that the accident happened Monday, a day after the 27-year-old woman was reportedly abducted in south St. Louis city. Detectives believe...
Man gets 8 years in prison for extorting immigrants
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A New York City man convicted in an extortion scheme that involved kidnapping immigrants at a bus station has been sentenced in Connecticut to eight years in prison. A federal judge in Bridgeport handed down the punishment Monday to 56-year-old Carlos Hernandez, who was one of four...
Migrants stuck in lawless limbo within sight of America
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) — The gangsters trawling Nuevo Laredo know just what they’re looking for: men and women missing their shoelaces. Those are migrants who made it to the United States to ask for asylum, only to be taken into custody and stripped of their laces — to keep them from...
Kentucky detectives make arrest in 1978 rape case
PARK HILLS, Ky. (AP) — Authorities in Kentucky say they’ve arrested a man who raped a woman in 1978 and who may be responsible for other crimes. News outlets report 77-year-old Michael Dean Tate was charged Thursday with rape, sodomy and kidnapping. In October 1978, a woman told Park Hills police...
Trial for mother in false abduction case pushed to 2020
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A trial has been delayed for a West Virginia woman charged with making up a story about an Egyptian man brazenly trying to kidnap her daughter in a shopping mall. A Cabell County court clerk says 24-year-old Santana Renee Adams’ trial on a charge of falsely reporting an...
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