Tag: Kidnapping
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Thornton man sentenced to 68 years for kidnapping, assaulting teen girl
A Thornton man was sentenced to nearly 70 years in prison Friday for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenage girl in 2023. Phillip Torres, 44, received 68 years-to-life in prison, the maximum allowable sentence under the law, for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in his home on June 20, 2023, according to a…
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Possible kidnapping victim found safe by Aurora police
The Aurora Police Department located the victim of a potential kidnapping Friday evening after asking the public to help find her. Authorities were looking for a maroon Toyota 4Runner with a roof rack that was driven by a man who appeared on video to have forced a woman into the car in the 1400 block…
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Final suspect in Tren de Aragua kidnapping returned to Colorado
The final suspect wanted in connection with the December kidnapping that led to the arrest of Tren de Aragua gang members has been extradited back to Colorado. Jorman Jose Cuba-Zabala, 26, originally from Venezuela, was arrested in Chicago in April and extradited back last weekend on suspicion of several felonies, including second-degree kidnapping, aggravated robbery,…
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Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza City as some countries prepare to recognize Palestinian state
Israeli strikes have killed at least 14 people overnight in Gaza City, according to health officials
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Pope praises forgiveness as mother of slain US journalist James Foley speaks of healing at Vatican
The mother of James Foley, the American journalist kidnapped and beheaded by Islamic militants in Syria in 2014, has told her story of loss and healing at a Vatican vigil attended by Pope Leo XIV
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As fighting escalates, kidnappings of aid workers surge in South Sudan
The number of aid workers kidnapped in South Sudan has more than doubled this year, according to two senior humanitarian officials working for international groups
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Princeton doctoral student kidnapped in Iraq has been freed. ‘We both started sobbing,’ sister says
An Israeli-Russian doctoral student from Princeton University who was kidnapped in Iraq has been released
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Man sentenced to 25 years prison for attempted kidnapping of teen girl in Westminster
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Adams County Judge Brett Martin sentenced a man to 25 years in prison Tuesday for multiple robberies and an attempted kidnapping across Thornton and Westminster in 2024. Jeremiah Mullins, 32, pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated robbery, second-degree attempted kidnapping and second-degree motor vehicle theft for robbing multiple people at gunpoint and later trying to…
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Prosecutors plan to drop charges against man accused of trying to kidnap boy from school playground
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The man accused of trying to kidnap a child from the playground of Black Forest Hills Elementary School in Aurora last year is expected to have charges against him dropped, according to Arapahoe County prosecutors. Prosecutors said Solomon Galligan remains, in the eyes of the courts, mentally incompetent to proceed to trial. He will not…
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Aurora man sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping and assault of hotel employee
A man in Aurora was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for a robbery, kidnapping and sexual assault he committed in 2020. 18th Judicial District Court Judge Jacob Edson sentenced Khafre Buxton, 37, to 99-years-to-life in prison, according to a release from the District Attorney’s office. Evidence and testimony at trial showed…