Under federal and state law, kidnapping is commonly defined as taking or confining a person against their will by force, violence or fraud.
39-year-old California mom Sherri Papini is accused of faking her own 2016 kidnapping and lying to federal agents. She's charged with lying to federal agents... More
March 24, 2022
Kaleb Franks, who pleaded guilty in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, testified he joined the conspiracy hoping he would be killed in a... More
March 24, 2022
Ty Garbin, who pleaded guilty to planning a kidnapping of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, told jurors he and allies wanted to attack before 2020 election... More
March 23, 2022
“He circled around the parking lot, maybe to make sure there were no witnesses. He came up behind the car and forced his way into... More
March 22, 2022
Dan Chappel, leader of plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, asked "when's the lynching?" after state Supreme Court struck down law she repeatedly used... More
March 21, 2022
Matthew Muller, a Harvard-trained attorney and ex-Marine, concocted a plan so elaborate and bizarre that at first police accused the couple of lying. More
March 21, 2022
Four men are standing trial in Michigan on charges they plotted to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. More
March 17, 2022
The trial was suspended because the virus had struck a key participant in the case. More
March 16, 2022
Heather Adkins is accused of abandoning her 5-year-old, non-verbal son on a dark road in the rain. From jail, she told reporters she left the... More
March 14, 2022
U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker ordered the delay Sunday. Undercover FBI agents and informants were expected to testify in the coming weeks, as were two... More
March 14, 2022
Prosecutors in the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on played covertly recorded audio for jurors in which... More
March 10, 2022
Sherri Papini, California woman arrested for allegedly faking her own kidnapping and lying to federal agents, was released from jail after family posted $120,000 bond.... More
March 9, 2022
Four men face trial: Fox, Brandon Caserta, Barry Croft Jr. and Daniel Harris. Prosecutors say the men came up with the plan to snatch the... More
March 9, 2022
Wife and mother of 2 accused of making up story about being beaten, kidnapped and branded is in court today. Papini is charged with lying... More
March 8, 2022
They're accused of taking critical steps over several months, including secret messaging, gun drills in the woods and a night drive to northern Michigan to... More
March 8, 2022
Jury selection begins Tuesday in the trial of four men who are accused of conspiring to snatch Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. More
March 7, 2022
Sherri Papini, arrested on charges she faked her own kidnapping, mail fraud and lying to a federal agent was ordered detained as a danger and... More
March 4, 2022
Sherri Papini was found on Thanksgiving Day in 2016 after weeks of searching with bindings on her body and injuries including a swollen nose and... More
March 4, 2022
A judge ruled three men charged in plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer before the 2020 election were not entrapped by the FBI. More
March 1, 2022
A man charged in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has agreed to plead guilty, according to documents filed Monday, giving prosecutors... More
February 7, 2022
On Wednesday, surveillance video showed a pickup truck belonging to Beecher ram its way through the Bloomberg ranch's security gate. More
February 5, 2022
A federal court on Thursday overturned a man's kidnapping conviction stemming from his assaulting his girlfriend for seven minutes, ruling that the time he restrained... More
February 3, 2022
The three fugitives are facing multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit kidnapping involving children. More
February 1, 2022
An Air Force airman will spend the rest of his life in prison for kidnapping a Mennonite woman from northwestern New Mexico, fatally shooting her... More
January 19, 2022
Defense attorneys want to dismiss the indictment against five men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. More
December 27, 2021
The man accused of kidnapping, raping and holding a Snow College student against her will for several days in his basement had a warrants out... More
December 20, 2021
The parents of a missing Snow College student who was found alive Saturday night expressed their gratitude for everyone who helped bring their daughter home. More
December 20, 2021
A woman has been sentenced to a prison treatment program for what prosecutors said was her role in a violent kidnapping and torture case. More
October 18, 2021
Mark Gooch showed no emotion when the verdict was announced. He stood in a military stance, with one hand resting over the other behind his... More
October 14, 2021
Kern County jury finds man guilty Thursday of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an Uber driver. More
October 4, 2021
