Kidnapping
Former Yakima officer Elias Huizar went on the run Monday after killing two people, including his ex-wife, and kidnapping his baby son
San Bernardino sheriff’s deputies were attempting to protect other officers when they shot and killed a teen girl who had been kidnapped by her father, a heavily-armed murder suspect
Tracy police deployed a BearCat Armored Recovery Vehicle and a drone to respond to a kidnapping where the victim was held at gunpoint by two individuals at a home
The deputy can be seen deploying his TASER at the man and commanding him to stop the car before the shooting; the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office has defended the deputy’s actions as necessary
The suspect stole a pickup truck with a sleeping 2-year-old inside; officers found and consoled the child, offering him a dinosaur story book
While a deputy was searching a vehicle, the driver got into the car and drove off with the deputy still inside; after the man did not heed instructions to stop, the deputy shot him, causing the car to crash
One suspect was killed in a shootout with officers and the other was arrested; the victim was uninjured and one officer sustained a non-life threatening injury
The teen was safely reunited with her mother, but that outcome required quick coordination between at least six law enforcement agencies in two states within 27 hours
Investigators were able to identify a fingerprint from a ransom note allegedly left by the suspect, who was in a database from a 1999 DWI case
The suspect told the woman he was an undercover officer, showed her a badge and placed her in handcuffs before putting her in the back of his vehicle
When Long Beach officers arrived to the parking lot, they saw the suspect standing outside of the car and they observed the girl mouth the word ‘help’
The woman’s 12-year-old son called 911 and gave a description of the suspect’s vehicle; Helicopter and body camera video captured the rescue
The infant was crying when officers found the car seat, rushing to pick him up. “It’s OK, it’s OK,” one of the officers who found the child said in the BWC video
Officers sent a robot into a crawlspace and found signs the suspect was burrowed deep underneath a house
“We saw you coming and I was scared,” the girl says after a trooper asks if she’s hurt
The women encountered the suspect after giving her a ride, not realizing until the person began acting erratically that something was amiss
The encounter began when the suspect took a 3-year-old boy and fled in a pickup truck, leading to a hourslong standoff
“Our deputies did everything they could to quickly rescue this child safely from a madman.”
A man is facing charges for assault, attempted kidnapping and trespassing after allegedly posing as a parent at a kindergarten open house
The true crime documentary tells the story of Sharon Marshall, who was kidnapped by Franklin Delano Floyd at age six
The man told deputies he’d been held against his will for several days and couldn’t call 911
The officer was reportedly impaired on duty during a search for a kidnapped baby last week
Officers used the ‘find my location’ feature on the boy’s iPhone, bodycam video shows
The suspect had lured the children into her van by saying she was taking them to school, police said
Officers found the suspect in 30 minutes thanks to tips from an eagle-eyed neighbor
Officers responded after getting a call of a man running down the street yelling that he’d been kidnapped
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