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A notorious Haitian gang known for brazen kidnappings and killings was accused by police Sunday of abducting 17 missionaries from a U.S.-based organization.

A 14-year-old boy was arrested and charged Tuesday with kidnapping while armed and armed robbery in a string of robberies that took place in D.C. last week.

A 14-year-old boy was arrested and charged Tuesday with kidnapping while armed and armed robbery in a string of robberies that took place in D.C. last week.

Police are searching for men captured on video forcing people to enter a vehicle and withdraw money from ATM machines. News4’s Jackie Bensen has details about how the group operated.

Police are searching for a group of men who allegedly forced people into a vehicle, drove them to different ATMs and had them withdraw money from their bank accounts in a series of “possibly related” armed kidnappings last week around D.C., authorities said.

Authorities in northern Nigeria say three separate groups of kidnapped students have been freed within a 24-hour period.

More than 20 years after a 19-year-old woman was kidnapped and raped by a man in Escondido, an arrest has been made in the heinous case that was once cold, police announced Thursday.

Two 15-year-old boys from Washington have been charged with kidnapping-related offenses after police say they stole a car with a 2-year-old girl in the back seat

FBI agents from Newark and Philadelphia shot and killed a kidnapping suspect who had been tracked a New Jersey apartment

The bravery of an 11-year-old Florida girl and her dedicated viewing of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” helped her not only fight off an attempted kidnapping at a bus stop, but also help police later identify the man, police said.

A rideshare driver in Massachusetts has been arrested on a kidnapping charge after he allegedly trapped a woman inside his car in Brighton late Thursday night, police said.

Parents in National City say they woke up to find their 11-year-old daughter not in her bed. After a city-wide manhunt and rescue, the girl is now safe and police say the 20-year-old accused of taking her is in jail.

Police say a man wanted in the weekend kidnapping of a South Florida family is now in custody in Alexandria, Virginia.

Authorities in Hayward on Monday charged 59-year-old David Misch in the cold case kidnapping and killing of 9-year-old Michaela Garecht, who disappeared 32 years ago.

The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force wants to hear from anyone who may have had inappropriate contact with Nathan Daniel Larson, accused of kidnapping a California girl after grooming her. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A Northern Virginia man allegedly groomed, kidnapped and planned to have sex with the 12-year-old girl, authorities said. Darcy Spencer reports for News4.

Swedish police suspect a woman of keeping her adult son locked in an apartment for nearly three decades.

A man convicted in the kidnapping of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has been sentenced to 24 years in prison by a judge who cited his leadership role in a gang active nationwide.

An Afghan man has been brought to the United States to face charges in the 2008 gunpoint kidnapping of a journalist for The New York Times and two other men in Afghanistan

Donny Jackson, 40, was arrested after allegedly abducting his two daughters, who were later found safe. It is unclear what his relationship is to the two dead boys.