'Beat Down Posse' Leader Found Guilty Of Racketeering
Joseph Robert Gustafson of Minneapolis was using his bail bond business as a front, but was really the leader of the "Beat Down Posse" gang, which is based in north Minneapolis.
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Joseph Robert Gustafson of Minneapolis was using his bail bond business as a front, but was really the leader of the "Beat Down Posse" gang, which is based in north Minneapolis.
A legal expert who has followed the death penalty case of a Minnesota man convicted for killing a University of North Dakota student says his final appeal could last at least three years.
The Mower County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 27-year-old man after he allegedly kidnapped his ex-girlfriend Wednesday afternoon.
A man accused of abducting a woman from her home and robbing her Tuesday morning has been arrested.
Police are investigating after a woman reported being kidnapped and raped near Highway 10 in Coon Rapids.
A man has been accused of beating, biting and strangling his girlfriend while holding her captive in a St. Paul apartment, according to the United States Attorney's Office.
One suspect is in custody and a victim of an alleged kidnapping was turned over to police early Saturday morning in Newport, authorities said.
The kidnapping ordeal of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos ended after two days when Venezuelan police commandos swooped in to rescue him in a flurry of gunfire and arrested five alleged abductors.
Venezuelan police rescued former Twin and Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos on Friday, two days after he was kidnapped, officials announced.
Police in Venezuela have found the car used to kidnap former Twins catcher Wilson Ramos, and now some of the best specialists in kidnapping, intelligence and criminal investigation are hard at work trying to find him.
Washington Nationals and former Minnesota Twins catcher Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped in his native Venezuela.
Police are asking the public's help identifying a kidnapping suspect after a 12-year-old girl in Maplewood said a middle-aged man tried to kidnap her Wednesday as she was walking home from school.
A 34-year-old man was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison in Ramsey County Court on Wednesday in connection with the Dec. 23, 2010, theft of a motor vehicle with a baby inside.
A convicted sex offender who runs a Newport motel has been charged with kidnapping a girl, after a six-hour police standoff Sunday night.
A 57-year-old Chanhassen man was found guilty by a Carver County jury of kidnapping on Tuesday in connection with a July 25 incident involving a female victim.
Police are investigating an apparent attempted abduction in Minneapolis Monday afternoon.
A 48-year-old man was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison Friday in connection with the May kidnapping and sexual assault of an 7-year-old girl outside a St. Paul laundromat.
A grand jury has indicted a Minnesota man accused of kidnapping and assaulting his estranged wife and taking her to Texas and Mexico.
Timothy Caskey of Virginia, Minn., kidnapped his wife earlier this month after she returned from a walk with a friend and their child, according to police.
A 48-year-old Spring Lake Park man pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges filed in connection with the May kidnapping of an 8-year-old girl from a Laundromat.
A missing Minnesota woman repeatedly called police in the hours before she disappeared to tell them her estranged husband had violated a restraining order.
The U.S. Border Patrol and other federal agencies are assisting police in a northeastern Minnesota community in their search for a woman allegedly kidnapped by her estranged husband.
Police in Virginia are looking for a man who they believe has kidnapped is wife, who has an order for protection against him, authorities said Friday.
A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for abducting and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl delivering newspapers in Fairfax last May.
Moorhead police have arrested a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a female he knew.
