Kidnapping

It's well known that the Chinese characters for "crisis" translate as "danger" and "opportunity." McDonald's has decided there's no danger in exploiting the horrific Cleveland kidnapping as a marketing opportunity. The fast-food heavyweight says it'...

CLEVELAND -- Chains and ropes have been removed from the home where three women were rescued on Monday after being held captive as long as 11 years, Cleveland’s chief of police said Wednesday as authorities planned to file charges against three...

The news that three female kidnapping victims had been held against their will for roughly a decade each has shocked Cleveland and the nation. But such cases are not without precedent. Elizabeth Smart, of Utah, was kidnapped at knife point at age 14...

CLEVELAND — To most of his neighbors, Ariel Castro was an upbeat presence on a rundown street, a cheerful school bus driver who befriended local kids and popped into barbecues to say hello and have a beer. On Tuesday, they sought to reconcile that...

CLEVELAND – Ariel Castro, the former school bus driver who is a suspect in the kidnapping of three women who escaped years of incarceration, was a friendly man who befriended area children and gave no hint of what was happening behind the locked...

A Groveland woman faces felony charges for alleged filing a false claim she was abducted and raped, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said. Amelia Delacruz, 38, was booked on charges of filing a false report to law enforcement and making false official...

Tuesday, May 7 I truly hope you were able to catch "Susan's Story," either last night at 6 or today on WDBJ 7 Mornin'. Susan Bahorich bravely shared her personal struggle with ovarian cancer. I am so proud of her for being open and honest with what she is...

(Repeats for wider subscribers) By Sharon Bernstein May 7 (Reuters) - The three young women imprisoned for around a decade in a white two-story house in Ohio are going to need support and, most of all, privacy as they re-integrate into society,...

State police said a man who kidnapped a boy Friday in Fayette County stopped in Somerset County before taking the boy to Westmoreland County to rape him. Trooper Stefani Plume said Brian Timothy Lynch, 63, of Henry Clay Township, Fayette County, was...

At Planeview Park where kids play baseball, two eight-year-old boys say they were walking out of the men's room.  They say one of the them was grabbed by a man who tried to pull him into a Budget rental truck.  The boy broke free.  The would-be abductor...

May 6 (Reuters) - Three women abducted about a decade ago were found alive on Monday at a Cleveland house and police said a school bus driver was arrested in connection with their disappearance. Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight were found...

A 27-year-old Valdez man has been charged with kidnapping and attempting to kill his ex-girlfriend. The Anchorage Daily Newsreports Nicholas Huff is charged with 15 felony counts from events April 22 in Valdez. Investigators say Huff fired a shot at...