Entries from SFist tagged with 'kidnapping'
September 2, 2008
After enduring months of brutal muggings, Glen Park residents are now stunned by the attempted murder and kidnapping that took place on August 30th right in the heart of the neighborhood. A description of the crime was posted on the Glen Park Bulletin Board written by Elizabeth Weise of Glen Park News. Robbers stabbed Paul Park, the owner of Buddy's Market at about 11 p.m. last night, leaving him for dead. They also kidnapped one......
Continue Reading "Glen Park to Heather Fong: SOS"August 26, 2008
An Amber Alert was issued late this morning for two young sisters "believed to have been taken from their home by their mother, who may be suicidal," according to the Gate. Here are the details: The girls, 7-year-old Rayna Ramussen and her 4-year-old sister, Lindsey, were taken about 7 a.m. today by their mother, Rachel Lynn Rasmussen, 38, from their home on Trembath Lane in Antioch, said Jimmy Lee, spokesman for the Contra Costa......
Continue Reading "Antioch Amber Alert Issued"August 6, 2008
Mom-on-the-run Enja Moore and her kids were found unharmed this afternoon. According to CBS 5, "It wasn't surprising to locate Moore at the check cashing store ["Oh my God, you racist bastards, CBS 5!!!" -- SFist] because the van was low on gas and Moore 'didn't have any money on her.'" Whew. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.......
Continue Reading "UPDATE: Kidnapping Mom Caught, Amber Alert Called Off"August 6, 2008
Eight-months-pregnant Enja Moore is on the loose with her six kids after stealing them from the "father's San Leandro home late Tuesday night." Swiping the father's Mazda MPV minivan in the process, Moore and her children - ages 1, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 11 - are presumably still in the Bay Area. Oh, and the three-year-old kid, we're told, needs insulin shots regularly, so if you've seen Moore (California license plate No. 5XOL029), do......
Continue Reading "Amber Alert: Mom Swipes Six Kids From Dad's San Leandro Home"November 28, 2007
From November 16 to November 18, Denton Geiger, 42, a San Francisco resident, held his (ex)girlfriend captive in their former home, where beat and raped her. (Jesus.) According to the Examiner, "Geiger allegedly approached the victim on Haight as she sold marijuana and persuaded her to go to their former home...[t]he victim escaped on Nov. 18 when an acquaintance entered the residence and intervened as she fled to a neighbor’s house." After a good......
Continue Reading "SF Rapist/Kidnapper Nabbed at Transbay Terminal"October 31, 2007
A Palo Alto high school girl survived a kidnapping and sexual assault yesterday afternoon, an ordeal that went on for 90 minutes. At 3 p.m. yesterday, a teen was on the "500 block of Arastradero Road near El Camino Real...near her home, when a man accosted her from behind, hit her in the face several times and dragged her into his car," according to Palo Alto police officer Dan Ryan. The city of Palo......
Continue Reading "Kidnapped, Raped Teen Escapes Attacker"