Caddo church volunteer face kidnapping/rape charges
CADDO PARISH, LA (KSLA) – The Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office reportedly arrested a Shreveport church volunteer Friday for alleged kidnapping and rape. 34-year-old Robert Washington Jr., was arrested by deputies after a 15-year-old male victim reported the crime to deputies. According to deputies, the alleged incident happened back on March
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Church vandalism arrest made
A Hartwell man suspected of vandalizing an Ila church last month and kidnapping a woman was arrested Wednesday in Hart County, according to Madison County sheriff's investigator Pat Holl. Carey Durrett, 71, is charged with burglary, damage to property and vandalism to a place of worship. He remained
Tabitha Reid, convicted of kidnapping baby from church nursery, gets prison time
GRAND RAPIDS — The father of the 11-month-old infant who was plucked from a church nursery and kidnapped by Tabitha Reid this summer said he has decided to forgive his child's abductor. "I offer my forgiveness," said Tom Nolf, moments before Reid was sentenced to between four and
Woman pleads guilty to kidnapping 1-year-old from the Kentwood Community Church
Tabitha Reid, the 20-year-old former church nursery volunteer, pleaded guilty Monday to kidnapping a 1-year-old from the Kentwood Community Church on June 21. Police say Reid took baby, Savannah Raby, from the Kentwood Community Church nursery on June 21. Reid was a longtime volunteer at the nursery. Police
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Man charged with robbing women at church
A Statesville man has been charged with armed robbery and kidnapping after police there say he took two women from a church and drove them to ATMs to retrieve money on New Year's Eve. Adam Joe Louis Jordan III was charged Friday with four counts of armed robbery, two counts of first-degree kidnapping,
Abducted priest back, seeks to resume ministry in Zamboanga
DESPITE his month-long kidnap ordeal in Mindanao, Irish missionary Fr. Michael Sinnott is back and wants to resume his ministry. The 80-year-old Columban priest returned to the country Friday night after some vacation time in his homeland. “It’s very nice to be back and I’m looking
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Church Focuses On Safety After Kidnapping
STATESVILLE, N.C. — A large than usual crowd filled the pews Sunday at Broad Street United Methodist Church in Statesville. The church held its first service on Sunday since two employees were kidnapped and robbed last week. Church officials said they’ve already made changes to improve security
2 women kidnapped from Statesville church
STATESVILLE, N.C. — Authorities in Iredell County are searching for a man who kidnapped two women from a church in Statesville and then drove around town, using their ATM cards to withdraw money. Statesville police say when the man walked into Broad Street United Methodist it was obvious that
Sex offender who grabbed girl, 4, at Tucson church faces prison
A 57-year-old Tucson sex offender who was recently convicted of restraining a 4-year-old girl inside Santa Cruz Catholic Church is facing between 4 1/2 and 7 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to failing to change his address. John Arthur Drusts will be sentenced by Pima County Superior
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MILF rebels charged with priest’s kidnapping
MANILA : Three Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels and several individuals have been charged with the kidnapping of Irish Columban Father Michael Sinnott. Two of the men were named as Saidamen Montaner and James Palwa. "We have strong evidence against them and we have witnesses,"
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Freed Irish priest ‘treated well by Muslim kidnappers’
Rev Michael Sinnott was freed in the early hours of Thursday morning. He said he was not harmed by his captors but was now "extremely exhausted". "For long periods of time we had nothing at all to do, so we sat around in the hammocks and talked at length about religion," said Rev
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Novenas to Our Lady of Remedies seek safe return of kidnapped missionary
Manila, Philippines, Nov 10, 2009 / 03:56 am (CNA).- The Columban community in Manila has begun novena Masses to Our Lady of Remedies to pray for the immediate release of kidnapped Irish priest Fr. Michael Sinnott. Fr. Sinnott was taken at gunpoint by six men who stormed his home in Pagadian City on
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Trail of Irish priest grows cold
NEARLY a month after the kidnapping, there has still been no actual sighting of Irish priest Michael Sinnott and his captors, a military ground commander said yesterday. Troops are under instructions not to readily engage the kidnappers, believed to be rogue members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front,
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Accused Philippine rebel kidnapper to remain hidden: MILF
COTABATO, Philippines — Philippine Muslim rebel leaders on Thursday refused a government demand to force one of their members accused of kidnapping an Irish priest to come out and personally deny the allegation. Aloy Al Asree, a commander of more than 3,000 men in the troubled southern Philippines,
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No-ransom policy yet many are kidnapped
A high-ranking official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Tuesday said that he was confused on why the government stuck to a no-ransom policy on the abduction of Irish missionary Father Michael Sinnott. “Ako’y nagtataka, that the administration is quite
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