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Traffic stop derails kidnapping in Montecito

Written on 14 Nov, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE A deputy conducting a traffic stop in Montecito derailed a kidnapping in progress on Tuesday evening. Shortly before 11 p.m., a deputy on patrol in the area of Highway 101 near Olive Mill Road pulled over an... (Continue reading)

Woman attempts to kidnap children from elementary school in Santa Maria

Written on 23 Aug, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE An unidentified woman allegedly attempted to kidnap two children from Tunnell Elementary School in Santa Maria as school was getting out on Thursday afternoon. The children did not leave with the woman, according to principal Theresa Diaz.... (Continue reading)

Man kidnaps elderly woman, drives her to Paso Robles

Written on 14 Aug, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE Officers captured a suspect after he allegedly kidnapped an elderly woman from the Tachi Palace Casino Resort and took her to Paso Robles. On Monday morning, a caller reported the elderly woman was missing. Witnesses told Kings... (Continue reading)

Three Santa Maria men kidnap teenager, hold him for ransom

Written on 22 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Federal agents on Friday arrested three Santa Maria men who kidnapped a 17-year-old boy this week in San Bernardino County and then held him for ransom, while threatening the teen’s mother that they would cut off her... (Continue reading)

Men kidnap and rob family in Paso Robles

Written on 18 May, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE One man is in jail and another is on the run following a home invasion robbery in Paso Robles on Monday evening. Shortly after 8 p.m., a caller reported that two men forced a family at gunpoint... (Continue reading)

FBI agents searching for man kidnapped in California

Written on 21 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

FBI agents are searching for a Santa Ana man who was kidnapped from a San Gabriel shopping center last month and held for $2 million ransom, according to a press release. [Cal Coast Times] On July 16, three men kidnapped... (Continue reading)

Lompoc kidnapper allegedly forced victim to marry him in Vegas

Written on 7 Sep, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Surveillance footage shows that during this week’s kidnapping escapade Joseph Hetzel forced Virginia Paris to marry him inside a Las Vegas wedding chapel. [KCOY] Paris’s daughter, Melissa Villabla, said Hetzel forced Paris to marry him in exchange for allowing her... (Continue reading)

Lompoc kidnapper arrested in Las Vegas

Written on 6 Sep, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A Lompoc man suspected of kidnapping and holding his ex-girlfriend captive for four days was arrested Tuesday in Las Vegas. On Monday evening, Joseph Hetzel, 52, released Virginia Paris, 55, in front of a hotel in Henderson, Nevada. Paris told... (Continue reading)

Abducted Lompoc woman rescued in Nevada, kidnapper on the run

Written on 5 Sep, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Following four days in captivity in a total of three states, a Lompoc woman was rescued at a Nevada hotel. Her ex-boyfriend and alleged kidnapper remains on the run. [KSNV] On Tuesday morning, Virginia Paris, 55, called security at the... (Continue reading)

Woman kidnapped outside SLO bar

Written on 5 Sep, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A Lompoc man allegedly picked up a woman off Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo early Monday morning by naming two of her friends and telling the victim that they had asked him to take her to a friend’s house.... (Continue reading)