Court papers say the woman charged in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart has reached an agreement with prosecutors and is expected to plead guilty in federal court on Tuesday.
The court papers do not specify the terms of the agreement or which charge or charges Wanda Eileen Barzee will plead to.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office says she cannot comment beyond what is contained in the court papers filed Monday with the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City.
oth Brian David Mitchell and Barzee, Mitchell's estranged wife, were indicted on federal kidnapping charges in March 2008.
Smart was taken from her Salt Lake City home at knifepoint in 2002. She was found nine months later with Barzee and Mitchell on a suburban street.
Last month, Smart testified as part of Mitchell's competency hearing that she was raped repeatedly each day after she was abducted from her bedroom seven years ago. She said she was told she would be killed if she yelled or tried to escape.
She described Mitchell, her alleged kidnapper, as "evil, wicked, manipulative, stinky, slimy, selfish, not spiritual, not religious, not close to God."Court papers say the woman charged in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart has... more
The Irish Roman Catholic priest abducted in the Philippines was treated well by his Muslim kidnappers and even had religious debates with them, he has said.
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Oh boy, will this rile up the Islamophobes!The Irish Roman Catholic priest abducted in the Philippines was treated well by his... more
The Cuba regime denied several times the authorization to Yoani Sanchez to leave the country: she is a counter-revolutionary because she owns a blog where she talks about Cuba. But on saturday the police was more violent and they even kidnapped her. http://www.inaltreparole.net/en/journalism/yoanisanchezsequestrocuba071109.htmlThe Cuba regime denied several times the authorization to Yoani Sanchez to leave the... more
Crystel Strelioff sentenced on four counts of felony child abduction.
The father said Crystel was sentenced to the maximum of three years on each count, but they run concurrently and in Illinois, where she is serving time, prisoners can be released after 50% of the sentence is served. Because the child abductor already served about six months of her sentence, she may be released in a year.
This case is shameful. The mother tricked protective parent organizations such as Justice for Children into spending their time and other resources on a sham case. The father underwent extensive testing voluntarily and the children did not give convincing accounts of any abuse by the father, according to court documents. Worse, the children seemed to the evaluators to have been coached, meaning they suffered verbal and emotional sexual abuse by the people who coached them.~y2009m11d7-Crystel-Strelioff-sentenced-to-12-years-for-abducting-children
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JACKSONVILLE, FL – A housewife in Florida is being charged with faking her own kidnapping!
37-year-old Quinn Gray was abducted and held captive for four days over Labor Day weekend. A ransom note in her handwriting appeared on the door to her $4 million home, that read:
“There are three men holding me right now, and they want $50,000 cash. Stay at the house NO COPS! Keep your cell phone on you. Keep the kids with you. Please do this honey, please!”
However, police soon found the case to be much more complicated than a simple kidnapping. The manager of the hotel where she was eventually found and arrested at said she “didn’t seem to be in distress at all.”
Prosecutors also have a 90-minute audiotape of the sounds of Gray and her kidnapper, 25-year-old Jasmin Osmanovic, having sex, and then planning the details of her fake kidnapping!
Osmanovic told police he and Gray had met at the gas station he works at, and began a six-week relationship, which included meetings at her home. Gray even gave him a house key and the house’s security codes.
However, Gray’s lawyers are telling a different story. They state that Gray, with a long history of psychiatric problems, was taken advantage of. Their defense is that Gray, in the midst of a manic phase of her bipolar disorder, was coerced and taken advantage of by Osmanovic.
Gray is currently at a psychiatric facility in Georgia, while Osmanovic is behind bars. Her husband, Reid Gray, is standing by her side.JACKSONVILLE, FL – A housewife in Florida is being charged with faking her own... more
In a landmark case, twenty-three Americans, mostly CIA operatives, have been convicted in Italy for kidnapping a Muslim cleric from the streets of Milan in 2003. They were all tried in absentia after the United States refused to hand them over. The convictions turn them into international fugitives who risk arrest abroad. The case marks the first time any American has been convicted for taking part in a so-called “extraordinary rendition.” We go to Rome to speak with the Italian prosecutor who brought the case, Armando Spataro, and get comment from international law and human rights attorney Scott Horton. [includes rush transcript]In a landmark case, twenty-three Americans, mostly CIA operatives, have been convicted... more
A report by the state inspector general, largely devoted to spelling out missteps by parole agents assigned to monitor Phillip Garrido, shows that after 18 years in captivity, Dugard exhibited indications of Stockholm syndrome - the phenomenon in which some victims come to identify with their captors.
Police and Law enforcement officials in Los Angeles,California are on the lookout for one of the most prolific criminals in the city's History. Authorities are looking for a 19 year old male who goes by the name of Brazyiak.
Brazyiak is a founding member of the West side Gangsta Bloods and is believed to be involved in upwards of 80 or more homicides committed in the city. Brazyiak is 6'2, thin, light skinned african american or latino with long hair. He is known to frequent the Mid City and Baldwin Village area of L.A.as well as the Central ave area of East South Central. He is heavily armed and extremely dangerous and should not be approached.
If you or someone you know have seen or know of his whereabouts do not try to apprehend but call law enforcement.
urbanpulp.blogspot.comPolice and Law enforcement officials in Los Angeles,California are on the lookout for... more
To battle child abduction, Japanese company KDDI have created the Mamorino child safety device, in partnership with securtiy firm SECOM.
The device -- simply a mobile phone -- features a GPS system, which allows parents to keep track of their children, as the youngsters board the bus or packed inner city trains by themselves.To battle child abduction, Japanese company KDDI have created the Mamorino child... more
US kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard has spoken publicly for the first time since she was discovered living with her alleged kidnappers after 18 years.
"I'm so happy to be back with my family," the online edition of People magazine quoted her as saying. The first photo of her as she is now was also published online, showing her smiling with long brown hair.
Phillip Garrido and his wife Nancy are accused of kidnapping Ms Dugard when she was 11. They deny the charges.US kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard has spoken publicly for the first time since she was... more
This video is Part one of a full length documentary, produced by Awakening the Underground.
The story takes place in Rochester New York and is probably one of the most corrupt incidents to ever take place in our life time.
Mr. Timothy Bowman; who is the fiance of the victim; hired journalists, investigators and advocates to expose the truth behind this tragic incident.This video is Part one of a full length documentary, produced by Awakening the... more
On August 10,1990 an abductor kidnapped, raped and slit 8-year-old Jennifer Schuett's throat, from ear to ear, leaving her lying in a field -- she survived.19 years later an arrest is made in the case.On August 10,1990 an abductor kidnapped, raped and slit 8-year-old Jennifer Schuett's... more
A Victorville, Calif. contractor accused of kidnapping a woman, holding her in a makeshift casket and demanding $140,000 ransom has been convicted and faces life in prison.A Victorville, Calif. contractor accused of kidnapping a woman, holding her in a... more
You could say Judge Herman Thomas was a rising star. He was a popular black Democrat in mostly white and Republican Mobile County, Alabama, which is like a Jew being elected Grand Marshal of the Hezbollah 4th of July Parade. President Clinton even nominated him to the federal bench.
Thomas was the kind of judge who went the extra mile to rehabilitate inmates. He'd meet with them privately in his chambers, and would intervene in sentencing even if the case wasn't in his court room. But admirers seemed to have confused rampant sexual thirst for helpfulness...
Word of his unusual practices first arose in 2001, when an inmate filed
suit claiming Thomas had agreed to help him in exchange for sex. But
the inmate was deemed, well, an untrustworthy inmate, and the suit was
dismissed.
Thomas reputation was quickly restored, and he remained popular with the electorate. But that changed six years later, when he was accused of bringing male inmates to his chambers, asking them to pull down their pants, then spanking them with a paddle. This wasn't the kind of spanking practiced by middle school principals prior to the 1980s. This was hot man-on-man action, a practice not highly regarded in the ranks of the Alabama judiciary.
Thomas resigned as an ethics investigation was launched. But as detectives dug further, they found they had a total creep on their hands. Last spring, he was indicted by a grand jury for sodomy, kidnapping, sex abuse, extortion and assault. It seems the good judge was a full-on sexual predator.You could say Judge Herman Thomas was a rising star. He was a popular black Democrat... more
Mystery surrounds the fate of a missing Iranian scientist who is reported to have been involved in Tehran's controversial nuclear programme.
Shahram Amiri disappeared in June in Saudi Arabia while on a pilgrimageMystery over Iranian researcher
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Mystery surrounds the fate of a missing... more
"Kidnapping has overtaken burglaries, robberies, car theft and other crimes to become the biggest criminal activity in many areas of Baghdad. Insurgents and gangsters are increasingly using abducted children to raise funds for terrorism operations and personal wealth.
These days, money has become the main motive for kidnappers, unlike the period of civil unrest in Baghdad in 2006 and 2007 when people were being captured and killed for sectarian reasons, according to Brigadier-General Faisal Malik Mohsin, the commander of the Iraqi Federal Police’s al-Rasheed district in southwest Baghdad. Women are playing a greater role in the kidnappings because they are less likely to rouse suspicion, he said. ""Kidnapping has overtaken burglaries, robberies, car theft and other crimes to become... more
TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Had this parental abduction drama played out in the United States, Christopher Savoie might be re-united with his two little children, after snatching them back from an ex-wife who defied the law and ran off with them.
A Tennessee court awarded Christopher Savoie custody of his son, Isaac, and daughter, Rebecca.
A Tennessee court awarded Christopher Savoie custody of his son, Isaac, and daughter, Rebecca.
But this story unfolds 7,000 miles away in the Japanese city of Fukuoka, where the U.S. legal system holds no sway.
And here, Savoie sits in jail, charged with the abduction of minors. And his Japanese ex-wife -- a fugitive in the United States for taking his children from Tennessee -- is considered the victim.
"Japan is an important partner and friend of the U.S., but on this issue, our points of view differ," the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said Tuesday. "Our two nations approach divorce and child-rearing differently. Parental child abduction is not considered a crime in Japan."TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Had this parental abduction drama played out in the United... more
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It's the lady with the PINK T- shirt for the story....An amber alert has been issued in Wilkinsburg for an 8-year-old boy.
According to county police, the boy was taken from the 1200 block of Center Street around 3:00 a.m.
The child has been identified as Jacquir Baston.
The African American boy is 5-feet-1-inch tall and weighs about 70 pounds with short black hair and brown eyes.
He was last seen wearing a red t-shirt, black jeans and black shoes with blue soles.
The suspect is 25-year-old David George, who was last seen at 1207 Center Street.
George is described as an African American male, about 6-feet-2-inches tall, weighing 200 pounds. He has braided black hair and a lazy right eye and was last seen wearing blue jeans, black t-shirt with gold writing down the sleeve and a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball cap.
There is no relationship between the boy and George, but there is a relationship between George and the boy's mother. He is the father of 4-year-old twins with the mother, Annique Baston.It's the lady with the PINK T- shirt for the story....An amber alert has been issued... more
The international disappeared day is 26 years old, today. But people kidnapped in the world are still too many and for many families the time of truth seems never arrive.The international disappeared day is 26 years old, today. But people kidnapped in the... more
